I would be grateful for some advice on this. My Great Aunt has signed her house over to her carer.
Great Aunt is in her eighties. She lives alone after her son died last year.
She has the beginnings of dementia and has a paid carer who visits daily. She is close to the carer and has known her for a few years. I think the carer is paid for from local authority, however I am not sure about this as I think she may be self employed.
Alarm bells rang at Aunts sons funeral as all of carers family, including children attended.
The carer also stuck to Aunt like glue.
When my mum arrived at Aunts house before the funeral Aunt was in a bedraggled state with unwashed hair. We just put this down to her grieving.
My Grandad wanted Aunt to give my Dad and his cousin power of attorney to protect against things like this. Grandad was worried about the carer too. Aunt refused and seemed to like the carer so the subject was dropped. Grandad did warn Aunt to not sigh her house over to anyone .
My Grandad is very worried about this but is in his 90s and housebound so is limited to what he can do.
We are worried about what would happen if Aunt needed residential care which is very likely with Aunts current health problems and the longevity on that side of the family.
Is there anything that the family can do about this?
This is not about the money it is about the principle. The house is not worth that much and would be shared between a lot of nieces and nephews if Aunt out lived my Grandad which is likely.