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Elderly parents

Care Homes & Money

29 replies

Chatterboxy · 28/04/2026 16:24

Reading some of the posts about care home costs & family top ups has got me thinking 🤔
What is going to happen in the future for the people who have rented their whole lives who have never managed to get on the housing ladder, more these days than a few years ago or for those on benefits & no savings, and no property to sell to afford care home fees, the cost of social care is going to to be massive!

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55notout · 28/04/2026 16:30

I can answer this. People get state funded care. If there isn’t any assets then it gets paid for

People get upset about this as they’ve saved, want to hand down money to children etc but it’s the way it is in the UK.

Money gives you choice though, so the people who are deemed as being self funding have more choice about where/how they receive their care.

Pickledonion1999 · 28/04/2026 16:29

Taxes will just go up and up to pay for them.

Chatterboxy · 28/04/2026 16:26

SilverBlue56 · 28/04/2026 16:25

It's already massive.

Totally agree & unsustainable!

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SilverBlue56 · 28/04/2026 16:25

It's already massive.

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