Hi all I am having MAJOR problems with my local Social Services over top up fees.
Dad is a widower and 93 years old with severe dementia, he is losing weight, having trouble walking and getting totally confused.
We kept him with us for over a year until he became a danger to himself – and us! Dad ended up needed monitoring 24/7. In the end we had no choice but to place dad in a care home. He has been there over6 months, self funding.
His savings have dropped to the Social Services 1/11/2019 but I have not been able to resolve anything, nor has any money at all been forthcoming from Social Services.
The problem being they are insisting on a THIRD PARTY top up (not from his account) I badly want to keep him in the home he is in now but do not have the savings to pay up front what Social services are insisting on.
I am the only child and sole heir and have both POA’s and Social Services have seen a copy of dad’s will. I have told them I would be happy to use the balance of my father’s savings to keep him where he is. The Social Services say I am not allowed to. The money has to come via a Third Party Top up agreement, whilst his money stays dormant in his account until his death. Utter madness. Does anyone have a ‘workaround’ or advice?
Care homes where we are seem to be higher than other areas of the country, so finding a good home that accepts Social Services rates is hard. Social Services have homes in the area but they are all full with waiting lists. To be fair, they have found me two, with one within a ‘reasonable’ distance for visiting. I am concerned the upset and disturbance of a move will make dad worse.
I fail to see the logic they are applying. Far from trying to avoid paying, I want to pay to keep him where he is but, according to the local Social Services, I am not allowed to.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Dad is a widower and 93 years old with severe dementia, he is losing weight, having trouble walking and getting totally confused.
We kept him with us for over a year until he became a danger to himself – and us! Dad ended up needed monitoring 24/7. In the end we had no choice but to place dad in a care home. He has been there over6 months, self funding.
His savings have dropped to the Social Services 1/11/2019 but I have not been able to resolve anything, nor has any money at all been forthcoming from Social Services.
The problem being they are insisting on a THIRD PARTY top up (not from his account) I badly want to keep him in the home he is in now but do not have the savings to pay up front what Social services are insisting on.
I am the only child and sole heir and have both POA’s and Social Services have seen a copy of dad’s will. I have told them I would be happy to use the balance of my father’s savings to keep him where he is. The Social Services say I am not allowed to. The money has to come via a Third Party Top up agreement, whilst his money stays dormant in his account until his death. Utter madness. Does anyone have a ‘workaround’ or advice?
Care homes where we are seem to be higher than other areas of the country, so finding a good home that accepts Social Services rates is hard. Social Services have homes in the area but they are all full with waiting lists. To be fair, they have found me two, with one within a ‘reasonable’ distance for visiting. I am concerned the upset and disturbance of a move will make dad worse.
I fail to see the logic they are applying. Far from trying to avoid paying, I want to pay to keep him where he is but, according to the local Social Services, I am not allowed to.
Any help would be really appreciated.