Hello all,
I have a question please about the pros and cons of becoming a court appointed deputy. My father-in-law was diagnosed with vascular dementia a couple of years ago but up until August was living alone in his own home and coping well with the support of regular carers. Unfortunately he had a stroke 3 months ago and his condition has deteriorated rapidly. He has been zipping between hospitals and various assessment bed units for the past 2 months. His social worker wants to do a financial assessment as he has now been deemed to lack mental capacity and cannot live independently. They started an assessment for CHC (following the completion of the CHC checklist) but he became too unwell for them to proceed. He's now a little improved so the assessment should be started again soon.
My question is what is to be gained by applying to become his deputy? He has no POA a small amount of savings and owns his one bedroomed flat. If my husband applies to be appointed his attorney, would we then be responsible for sorting out a care home for him? His assets are not worth a great deal and would probably only fund a couple of years of care home fees by my back of the envelope calculations. Once these have been used up how do we continue to pay for his care home fees? We certainly couldn't afford to fund it ourselves. If we say we don't want to be his deputy, would the LA do it? Would we be involved in any decisions about his care? I've read how arduous being a deputy can be and I just have an awful feeling that the stress of doing this on top of seeing his dad so ill would put a lot of extra weight on my husbands shoulders, weight he does not need right now. If we said we couldn't do it would this negatively impact my father in law at all? Sorry to waffle on but I'm really feeling helpless as to how to be the best help in a very emotionally charged situation.
I have a question please about the pros and cons of becoming a court appointed deputy. My father-in-law was diagnosed with vascular dementia a couple of years ago but up until August was living alone in his own home and coping well with the support of regular carers. Unfortunately he had a stroke 3 months ago and his condition has deteriorated rapidly. He has been zipping between hospitals and various assessment bed units for the past 2 months. His social worker wants to do a financial assessment as he has now been deemed to lack mental capacity and cannot live independently. They started an assessment for CHC (following the completion of the CHC checklist) but he became too unwell for them to proceed. He's now a little improved so the assessment should be started again soon.
My question is what is to be gained by applying to become his deputy? He has no POA a small amount of savings and owns his one bedroomed flat. If my husband applies to be appointed his attorney, would we then be responsible for sorting out a care home for him? His assets are not worth a great deal and would probably only fund a couple of years of care home fees by my back of the envelope calculations. Once these have been used up how do we continue to pay for his care home fees? We certainly couldn't afford to fund it ourselves. If we say we don't want to be his deputy, would the LA do it? Would we be involved in any decisions about his care? I've read how arduous being a deputy can be and I just have an awful feeling that the stress of doing this on top of seeing his dad so ill would put a lot of extra weight on my husbands shoulders, weight he does not need right now. If we said we couldn't do it would this negatively impact my father in law at all? Sorry to waffle on but I'm really feeling helpless as to how to be the best help in a very emotionally charged situation.