We are starting to look at care options for my mother who has dementia.
Costs for this are outrageously expensive in our area. Around £1700 a week. If we sell her house we can self fund this for 3 years.
She has no other savings, so as I understand it, once the money from the house sale runs out she will be entitled to council funding.
What I cannot work out is how much this will before?
I am presuming it will not cover the £1700 and I see that there is usually an option for a third party ( this would be me) to pay a top up fee to keep her in the nicer/ more expensive care home.
Is anyone able to give me an idea of how much this top up fee is likely to be? I realise it will vary but anyone who can give an example from their own experience would be helpful.
Thanks in advance
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Dementia and Alzheimer's
Care home top-up fees
veryfondoftea · 30/01/2024 09:32
veryfondoftea · 30/01/2024 14:17
Thank you all this is very useful.
We have only spoken directly to one home and they said that they would negotiate fees with the council at the end of the 3 years and had never had a case of not being able to reach an agreement.
It seems like this kind of situation is quite common then and we want to be asking about it when looking at potential homes.
I could afford a top up fee of some sort if necessary but not more than a few hundred a month.
It's hard to know what the right kind of home is for her at the moment. She can still take care of her self and the house to a level but is in a very bad state with her fear of being alone on a daily basis. She is also terrified of going into a care home and begs us not to put her in one.
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