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Tory policy. Please explain the £8000 premium for free nursing care

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jollydiane · 16/04/2010 16:40

I am confused so I hope you clever Tories will explain to me how just by paying £8000 you can guarantee that you do not have to sell your home.

  1. What does the £8000 actually guarantee?
  2. What standard of nursing care will be available?
  3. Do you choose the nursing home? If you do what?s to stop me choosing a 5 star luxury nursing home and live life in style.
  4. If there are no places in the area that you leave will you be forced to move?
  5. The baby boomers are about to retire. Help me understand how the one off payment of £8000 is going to last for 20 years of nursing home care?

When you start to examine the details this seems like a bribe to the baby boomers at the expense of the grandchildren that will be paying for it.

jd

Please debate with me as I am willing to change my mind?

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abdnhiker · 16/04/2010 16:53

I thought it was basically a government insurance - I think it's based on the average cost of nursing home care for the elderly. I read somewhere that the average stay was around 2 and a bit years. And some people who paid for it wouldn't end up using it (just like all the other insurance we pay for) so if it's costed right, it'd be self funding (and sounds like a good deal to me, I'd happily pay that).

How it would work in terms of choosing a home is a different matter, clarification on that would be good. Anyone know?

sarah293 · 16/04/2010 16:47

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Alouiseg · 16/04/2010 16:43

This is confusing the hell out of me too. I cannot see how it would work at all..........and i'm planning on voting Tory!