Wondering if anyone has experience I can draw on. My father died in December and this has left me as next of kin for my great uncle. He is in a care home, in his 90s, and losing most senses. He's in London, but welsh-speaking friends report he converses more easily in Welsh.
We're having difficulty getting his bills paid, dad used to get him to sign cheques, but he isn't now able to sign his name, he can't see the cheque properly and can't put enough pressure on the pen to make a mark. The council are chasing for money, but we're at a loss at how to pay them. The bank haven't been helpful, nor have the council. The care home think that social services need to be involved, but social services say to get a solicitor. My dad had power of attorney, but obviously that's no good now, he'd not invoked it. My uncle has some capacity, he has days when he holds a conversation, he's more likely to do this in Welsh, which I don't speak. I'm not sure what to do next, he has money it seems, bank statements were amongst my fathers paperwork, but in several accounts, and is getting a pension. He needs a new wheelchair, and has funds but no way to access them. It's stressing my mum out, who is kindly contacting the council and such, they are being quite threatening, but I've no idea what to do.