ANGRY families have slammed the NHS for leaving them ‘high and dry’ as they step up their battle to recover millions of pounds owed to them after elderly relatives were wrongly denied funding to pay for their care home fees and had to sell of their home. More than one million people have been forced […]
FAMILIES are missing out on thousands of pounds for elderly relatives because complex NHS funding decisions on care homes are being made behind their back, say legal experts. The average cost of a UK nursing home is £738 per week – that’s almost £40,000 a year. But many families struggle needlessly to come up with […]
Good health is never certain. An illness may be suddenly cast upon a family member and require that you or a loved one needs care in a nursing home. As such, it is important to have an understanding of typical nursing home costs and fees. With knowledge of the approximate cost of nursing care you […]
July deadline has been ‘kept secret by NHS Wales’ say experts The little-known NHS Continuing Healthcare benefit can help the most vulnerable, but with the clock ticking, hundreds of families in Wales will lose thousands of pounds Families warn others ‘don’t take no for an answer’ (reader case study included) Legal experts slam ‘secretive’ NHS […]
For Gail Rolfe, dealing with the complex system that deals with the financing of care-home places is almost as harrowing as her father’s dementia My father has dementia. Nearly eight years after his diagnosis, I have accepted that there will be no miracle wonder drug, no last-minute cure that will free him from this devastatingly […]
Care home costs are increasing in the UK. This is leaving thousands of people struggling with debts as they try to give their loved ones the care that they need. Although authorities are aware of what a serious issue this is, they have so far been standing off from delivering much financial support. What’s the […]
When it comes to long term care for the elderly, the UK government continues to be publicly criticised by the media for not having determined a way forward in this controversial and difficult to solve social area. Funding long term care for the elderly continues to be an issue as the government has not taken […]
Finding out that your elderly parent or relative can no longer cope well enough to live alone can be overwhelming in many ways. The loss of independence can cause emotional turmoil. Many people also feel very much under pressure and concerned when they start to look at the financial cost of paying for long-term elderly […]
More than a million people have been forced to sell their homes to pay care fees. Tens of thousands more are unable to pass their homes on to children as local authorities take charges out against properties that have to be paid when parents die. Putting your parents in a care home is a tough […]
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