Small care home room - storing furniture?

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Looking for ideas - DER is in a nursing home, in a tiny room. He has some furniture - chairs,desk, pictures, ornaments, several bookcases full of books. As a quick solution, I put the things in storage.
No relatives have space for these - has anyone dealt with this situation and what did you do?
DER isn't able to make decisions about his things, and does ask where they are. Is it covered by property and finance POA? Could I dispose of things? They wouldn't fetch more than the cost of a month's storage.

Can DER pay for storage?

DER = dear elderly relative?

Has his house already been sold (or was it rented?) and that's why the furniture is in storage? Could you tell a white lie and just say it's at home when he asks or does he know 'home' doesn't exist anymore? He's not going to be going back so I think it's OK to dispose of it as long as you keep documentation so there's evidence. And make sure the whole family are on board with that and have a chance to say 'oh, I would like that thing'.

are they just in care home for respite? I wouldn’t be paying for storage for items that I don’t have a plan for

My Aunt had her stuff in storage when she went into a care home. She could afford to pay for it.
Realistically she as she didn’t see her stuff again, it wasn’t a great idea to hang on to all of it but it was her money and her choice.
There was a lot of stuff.
Can you take photos of the items to show them.

It really does depend on if your relative can afford to pay for storage. If they have the money then they should be stored.

If he’s never going home, why keep them? What the point? Be realistic.

If you've the POA and they're not in a care home just for respite, then I'd be getting rid of them. What's happening with the "home"? That should be determining what you do with the possessions inside it.

Is he in care permanently? Does he not have a house or flat full of stuff rather than bits and bobs?
If his normal residence has to be sold to fund his care, then the LPA covers that, if not then it can all stay there until it needs to be sold.
I don't really understand the issue.

Get rid.

What for though if they are staying in the care home ? If it was just for respite it wouldn’t be in storage ?

If relative isn’t going to leave the care home and you have PoA, then you can distribute the items in the same way as you would after relative died. Do you know what is in the will? If the will says “grandchild Lucy should receive the shepherdess ornament” then Lucy could get it now.

when my aunt went into a care home, we (5 niece & nephews with 6 grand nieces) had a lunch at her house to organise the possessions. Each person picked one low value memento remember our aunt, and one cousin who particularly wanted a chair / table set took them. Everyone agreed the rest of the furniture should be sold and so we did. it was a “work day” not a party, but it was the simplest way to get all the family to agree.

When my elderly DM went into a care home, and realistically we knew she would never come out, we got rid of all her furniture and large belongings.
We were getting her flat ready to be rented out and the new tenant didn’t want anything left in situ.
We ended up giving the washing machine, fridge, freezer and microwave away for free and a local charity shop came and picked up her armchairs, units and dining room set.
All her personal items like photos, ornaments etc went up in our loft just in case.
Sadly she died 18 months later never seeing them again.
They then went to the charity shop.