Hi all
I am currently looking for a residential placement for mum and no-one in authority is willing to talk actual money with me, so far. I know thay can't commit to anything before mum has a full care needs assessment, for which we are on the waiting list, but an unwary duty officer told me last week that our local authority rate for residential care is £473 per week.
Obviously no care home will accept that miserly amount, not here in the south, at least...
What are your views, TP'ers ?? Would you agree with me that this is likely to be their maximum contribution, and that mum's income would be on top of that (less AA which would be stopped?) She is now under threshold but does have an okay-ish pension and is on no other state benefits.
So if a home charges, say, £800 a week (the going rate), we might pay this as follows, all figures approximate:
LA contribution £473
Mum's pensions £200
Less £24 personal allowance
TOTAL £650
Top up £150 per week or £600 per month. (We'd hope to negotiate this down a bit).
Does this sound right to you? I can't stop thinking about it, and it's driving me nuts getting no answers from the LA
As I say, daft question, but thanks for reading
Lindy xx
I am currently looking for a residential placement for mum and no-one in authority is willing to talk actual money with me, so far. I know thay can't commit to anything before mum has a full care needs assessment, for which we are on the waiting list, but an unwary duty officer told me last week that our local authority rate for residential care is £473 per week.
Obviously no care home will accept that miserly amount, not here in the south, at least...
What are your views, TP'ers ?? Would you agree with me that this is likely to be their maximum contribution, and that mum's income would be on top of that (less AA which would be stopped?) She is now under threshold but does have an okay-ish pension and is on no other state benefits.
So if a home charges, say, £800 a week (the going rate), we might pay this as follows, all figures approximate:
LA contribution £473
Mum's pensions £200
Less £24 personal allowance
TOTAL £650
Top up £150 per week or £600 per month. (We'd hope to negotiate this down a bit).
Does this sound right to you? I can't stop thinking about it, and it's driving me nuts getting no answers from the LA
As I say, daft question, but thanks for reading
Lindy xx