The funding for Scotland seems quite complicated. I thought that you did not have to pay for personal care provided that it was arranged via the local authority? My father in law has AD caused by years of working in the petro-chemical industry and he wants to move to Scotland. Am I right in thinking that you do not have a 'choice' of home but have to live where the local authority have a contract? Could someone please clarify this for me.
Hi Louise
If you are funded by the LA, they pay everything. I think you dohave choice, though if you choose a NH that charges more thanthe LA maximum, you'll have to pay the difference.It's only for respite that you have to use the homes where the LA contracts so many rooms.
If you are self-funding, there seem to be several systems in operation. If you arrange it yourself, and have yourowncontract with the home, the LA is apparently within its rights to refuse to pay the free personal care element.
Mameeskye has a system where the LA pays the personal care element directly to the home, and she pays the rest.
In my case, the LA has the contract with the home, and they pay them their maximum. They then bill me for thisamount lessthe free personal care element. This is a good system, because I'm never going to have to pay more than the LA pay for funded clients.
The down side is, none of us get attendance allowance,as free personal care cancels it out. But when John was at home, I got free personal care,
and attendance allowance.
Complicated? Oh yes!!!!!!