I want to move out of the carehome with a live in carer. I'm 38 years young but was desperate for some advice thats why I posted here
Hi,
It sounds like you have capacity to make your own decisions. Did you make the choice to live in the care home after hearing advice.
If that is the case then no one has a right to tell you where to live. You can instruct a solicitor to act on your behalf and sell the house, they can also deal with everything else involved in that, but it will come at a cost. If you have a friend/family you can trust they can do the usual stuff according to how you instruct them.
If you are on a DOLS then this is slightly more complicated, but you can speak to your RPR to challenge your authorisation and it can even go to the Court of Protection (only for people who have been deemed to lack capacity for decisions about where they live and what care they need).
Live in Care can be affordable, it can be a similar price to a Care Home, depending on where you are. If you sell and have money left over, as mentioned earlier you will need to self-fund the care.
However if you need funded care then social services are obligated to match the funding they would provide for a care home, you can always top up to make live in care possible.
This is all dependent on you having the power to make your own decisions.
As a young person, 38, you do have a right to live a full and engaged life, one issue about live in care may be the level of care needs you have which will hike up the price, however adaptations in the new home can reduce the problems.
If you are able to do this, go for it, sell and buy a smaller house (2 bed for live in care) pay for all the adaptations you need (you could apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant up to £25,000 as well, it's worth a try). Then if needed any funding will kick in.
I assume you live near Stoke, call or ask a carer to call Stoke Social Services and ask for a re-assessment, it may be worth getting a social worker on board.
If you want info about your rights speak to your local Advocacy service.
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Good luck with it.