Not sure where to start on this one.
My grandmother (I am power of attorney following her stroke) is in a nursing home. The fees are currently £750 per week of which she pays £236 and the council must top up the rest.
They are building a new nursing home next door to the existing building. When it is finished, all the residents will move there.
We were invited to a residents family meeting tonight. Bizarrely, this was the first time we were informed that the existing management had "resigned" (reading between the lines - pushed out) and all new management seemed to be in place.
They were bigging up the all singing all dancing new build which will have a cafeteria, bar, hairdressers, coffee machines and mini bars in all rooms etc etc
Only when pushed were we told that the fees were going to increase with the cheapest rooms being £850 a month, dearest £1250. This is going to be a "flagship home" for the chain and have a 7 bedroom marketing suite etc...
Essentially, if we cannot afford to top this up, she will have to be moved to a cheaper nursing home which might not even be near us (long story but we moved her to be nearer to us when she went into a home so she'd have more visitors...)
Any advice? Surely they cannot evict all the residents who can't afford a hike in fees?
Also don't like the softly, softly sneaky way these changes are being slipped in and dressed up as being for the residents benefit...