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There’s a lot of information available on the web and also from various professional advisers about care fees and who pays what when you need full time care. However, much of this care fees advice is misleading Why? Because it usually starts from the basis that, if you have savings or assets over £23,250 (in […]
Full assessment for Continuing Healthcare – 15 top tips These tips and insights are taken from our ebook, How To Get The NHS To Pay For Care, which helps you through the whole Continuing Healthcare assessment process… NHS Continuing Healthcare funding covers 100% of care fees for people who need full time care and whose needs […]
Make sure your relative is safe and properly assessed in hospital These tips are taken from our new and updated guide, How To Get The NHS To Pay For Care, and will help you if you’re facing pressure to get your relative out of hospital and into care… Elderly people generally fare very badly in […]
17 top tips to help you with NHS Continuing Care funding… In the UK, as a general rule of thumb, nursing care is free – in law – and should never be means tested. And yet there are currently tens of thousands of elderly people in care homes or receiving full time care at home, […]
Writing to your MP may help you make progress with a Continuing Care application or appeal… Many people find NHS delays in replying to correspondence, arranging proper NHS funding assessments and reviewing retrospective claims for NHS Continuing Healthcare wholly unacceptable. Many families have been waiting months for even the smallest amount of progress to be […]
If your relative is receiving full time care in England and has been paying care fees, you may be able to claim some of those care fees back on their behalf. You can make a claim whether or not your relative is still in care, and whether or not your relative has already passed away. […]
These 7 top tips reflect some of the most common hurdles families are coming up against when navigating the care system for an elderly relative – and when applying for NHS Continuing Care funding. We’ve included some advice to help you through 2013… 1. Retrospective claims – get your claim registered As you may know […]
Many people needing an assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare – or who are waiting for a Continuing Care appeal – are experiencing long delays in getting this done. It can be exasperating for families. And, in the meantime, their elderly relatives in care may be (wrongly) means tested and told to start paying care fees. […]
You might find it a daunting prospect attending a Continuing Care assessment on behalf of a relative, especially when the whole process is new to you. Many people ask us what will happen when they get there. These points will help… Having a relative in care can be a very emotional and stressful time, and […]
In October 2007 a new kind of power of attorney was introduced in the UK: a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). This replaced the previous Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA). Essentially, by giving someone power of attorney, you are granting them the power to look after your affairs should you become unable to. There are […]
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