Things are moving on and Mum is being taken into respite care because she can't manage on her own (with daily carers).
We're looking now at options here and seeing if we can claim for the costs (a local home is looking at £1,300 pw). I'm reading through the leaflets here and everything I've read talks about the complexity of the process in getting assessment, applying for financial help and so on.
So at this early stage, I was wondering if there are professionals who can go through this process on our (and Mum's) behalf, i.e. work with us to make sure we apply in the right way and don't end up losing out because of a simple mistake in form filing!
Do such professionals exist or is it up the individual to do all this?
We're looking now at options here and seeing if we can claim for the costs (a local home is looking at £1,300 pw). I'm reading through the leaflets here and everything I've read talks about the complexity of the process in getting assessment, applying for financial help and so on.
So at this early stage, I was wondering if there are professionals who can go through this process on our (and Mum's) behalf, i.e. work with us to make sure we apply in the right way and don't end up losing out because of a simple mistake in form filing!
Do such professionals exist or is it up the individual to do all this?