Hi
new to this so bare with me.
I have LPA’s in place for financial and health and well being for my 87 year old mum who has quite advanced Alzheimer’. Social services has deemed that her current care package at her own home is not adequate to meet her need and there requires to be in a dementia nursing care home. My sister and I have found a nice place near to both of us for mum to go to, they have a room available for her (its currently being renovated so that’ll be nice for her). The council say that they will contribute £850 towards the cost of the home and that the difference will need to be met by a 3rd party As apparently, mum isn’t allowed to top up the difference. They say that it’s the law, I have spoken with the Office for Public Guidance and they’ve said it’s mums money and it’s for mums treatment so there is no reason why she shouldn’t be allowed to use her money to top up the care home fees. The social services say that as I as an LPA holder, could be prosecuted for “ misappropriating mums funds”. The O.P.G. say that I would only be prosecuted if for example I used mums funds to pay for a holiday or car for myself, not topping up the cost of a nice care home for her. The social say that it could be viewed that mum could have adequate or equivalent care for the 850. Well I’m afraid adequate isnt good enough for mum and as the OPG said, if mum wants to pay a little more for a nicer stay, then that’s entirely her choice and in their view would be in her best interests.
I would value your opinions on this.
my thoughts are that it may be policy not to allow the people going into care to top up their fees but surely it can’t be a legal requirement to stop them doing so.
I think that they do this so that when mums money eventually runs out (she’s self funding). They won’t be stuck with paying the £1200 per week fee. If it does run out in two or three years time and they have to move mum into a cheaper home, the way mums deteriorating, if she’s still with us, she won’t know if it’s Christmas or Easter. At least for the years that she was slightly cognitive, she is in a nice place.
thanks for reading
BTW. My dad had Alzheimer’s 37 years ago, we lost him in 1990 so we know what’s ahead of us, tho there’s more research into this dreadful condition now and patients arejust dosed up and sat in a chair drooling as they were back then thankfully
new to this so bare with me.
I have LPA’s in place for financial and health and well being for my 87 year old mum who has quite advanced Alzheimer’. Social services has deemed that her current care package at her own home is not adequate to meet her need and there requires to be in a dementia nursing care home. My sister and I have found a nice place near to both of us for mum to go to, they have a room available for her (its currently being renovated so that’ll be nice for her). The council say that they will contribute £850 towards the cost of the home and that the difference will need to be met by a 3rd party As apparently, mum isn’t allowed to top up the difference. They say that it’s the law, I have spoken with the Office for Public Guidance and they’ve said it’s mums money and it’s for mums treatment so there is no reason why she shouldn’t be allowed to use her money to top up the care home fees. The social services say that as I as an LPA holder, could be prosecuted for “ misappropriating mums funds”. The O.P.G. say that I would only be prosecuted if for example I used mums funds to pay for a holiday or car for myself, not topping up the cost of a nice care home for her. The social say that it could be viewed that mum could have adequate or equivalent care for the 850. Well I’m afraid adequate isnt good enough for mum and as the OPG said, if mum wants to pay a little more for a nicer stay, then that’s entirely her choice and in their view would be in her best interests.
I would value your opinions on this.
my thoughts are that it may be policy not to allow the people going into care to top up their fees but surely it can’t be a legal requirement to stop them doing so.
I think that they do this so that when mums money eventually runs out (she’s self funding). They won’t be stuck with paying the £1200 per week fee. If it does run out in two or three years time and they have to move mum into a cheaper home, the way mums deteriorating, if she’s still with us, she won’t know if it’s Christmas or Easter. At least for the years that she was slightly cognitive, she is in a nice place.
thanks for reading
BTW. My dad had Alzheimer’s 37 years ago, we lost him in 1990 so we know what’s ahead of us, tho there’s more research into this dreadful condition now and patients arejust dosed up and sat in a chair drooling as they were back then thankfully