Care home funding

[Orangesandlemons77]

My dad is in respite care atm and it is costing 2K per week. he has dementia. Is this roughly correct / normal?

They have said when his savings go down to 23K he might get some council help but then it would only be up to £700 a week.

What would happen then? I mean if he can't afford it, would they kick him out?

I couldn't get one either for her
Apparently you only get one when you run out of money and council take over payment of care home

Has he got savings/and or owning his own sheltered housing?

No, it is council housing.

Really? Maybe it is different in Scotland. It's a needs assessment.

Has he got any savings at all, who is paying for the sheltered housing and the respite care.

He does have a bit of savings which is going to pay for the respite yes.

A lot will depend on how much savings he has, if it falls below the threshold soon then he should get council funding.

I'm sorry to hear about your dad. If he's in respite care rather than a permanent care home placement, that is more expensive. My mum was in a specialist dementia care home two years ago, which was £1500 per week, and was about the going rate for a home in her part of London with really good facilities, but the people who were in for short respite care paid quite a bit more.

Social care said thst when my mums assets had run out, they would routinely pay a similar amount to what you've been told, but then with my mums pensions on top, thst would have been enough to have let her stay in the same home.

You dad's pension will continue no matter what. Attendance allowance will continue while he's self funding but I think attendance allowance will stop once the council are funding the placement. As others have said, don't let social care pressure you into feeling you have to make a contribution towards the costs.

It won't be. Just ring AA and explain he now has day and night time difficulties/ care needs. they will send out a form but it's much shorter than the original form. get help from Age Uk or similar. It's relatively easy to do although will only increase the AA by about £32 a week.

I found the Attendance Allowance people really easy to deal with when my Mum was alive. Most people were ok, but Social Care were a complete nightmare and their refusal to agree that my mum needed a care home placement contributed to a very significant decline in her physical health and her dementia. My husband also had a constant battle with Social care for his mum in the neighbouring council, as well as the housing benefit department. You really do need to take a very hard stance with some of the social workers and council officials, and don't be afraid of contacting councillors and Directors. If my husband hadn't done that, I've no doubt my mother in law would still have been stuck in a second floor flat with no support rather than ending up in a nursing home.

Sorry to hear that, I understand what you mean.