A friend has asked if I know & what she should do ... this is the background as I have it
The brother has LPA’s for Health & Welfare and for Finance, he is the full time live in Carer for their mum as she lives some distance away and is working full time. She visits regularly, but the brother discourages her involvement saying it disrupts her routine. (She’s offered to stay for a week or two so he can go away for a break)
The mum has no savings, a reasonable pension and owns her own home. The brother has been told he has to pay for any Respite. SS have advised the LPA may be cancelled as the mum is getting into debt and the implication from SS is they believe the brother is causing the debts
My friend has been told she can’t have the finances investigated to find out why there debts are increasing
My mum was self funding, but after two years of caring for her, SS said they wouId look at providing Respite should I need it. I therefore assumed Respite was “available” to carers. Am I wrong in that assumption?
My friends mum is LA funded, so what reasons could SS have for refusing to fund Respite?
If my friend suspects her brother of mismanaging their mums finances, is there a way of having it looked into?
If SS apply to cancel the existing LPA, wouId my friend be able to take over and wouId she be responsible for past “errors”? Assuming the mum has capacity to sign the new LPA.
Finally, if the brother has mismanaged the finances (spent them on himself), wouId that be Deprivation of Assets and how would that effect my friend?
Thanks in advance for any guidance
The brother has LPA’s for Health & Welfare and for Finance, he is the full time live in Carer for their mum as she lives some distance away and is working full time. She visits regularly, but the brother discourages her involvement saying it disrupts her routine. (She’s offered to stay for a week or two so he can go away for a break)
The mum has no savings, a reasonable pension and owns her own home. The brother has been told he has to pay for any Respite. SS have advised the LPA may be cancelled as the mum is getting into debt and the implication from SS is they believe the brother is causing the debts
My friend has been told she can’t have the finances investigated to find out why there debts are increasing
My mum was self funding, but after two years of caring for her, SS said they wouId look at providing Respite should I need it. I therefore assumed Respite was “available” to carers. Am I wrong in that assumption?
My friends mum is LA funded, so what reasons could SS have for refusing to fund Respite?
If my friend suspects her brother of mismanaging their mums finances, is there a way of having it looked into?
If SS apply to cancel the existing LPA, wouId my friend be able to take over and wouId she be responsible for past “errors”? Assuming the mum has capacity to sign the new LPA.
Finally, if the brother has mismanaged the finances (spent them on himself), wouId that be Deprivation of Assets and how would that effect my friend?
Thanks in advance for any guidance