Got A NHS Care Home Fee Claim Meeting
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My mum spent 5 years at £1k a week in a specialist dementia home, she was diagnosed with dementia before she went in but was so unable to cope with at home with us, with a carer in any location the only solution was a dedicated home.
The Doctor referred us to a local dementia service who did tests and filled in forms but mum needed faster help so we booked her in paying the bill from mums account whilst she could.
Once in it was apparent mum was the ONLY long termer paying the full bill herself, some had full funding, some part. What we leaned over time was that some fully funded people had a house and money etc so that wasnt a factor.
Mum died 2 years ago and we claimed for "something" back as we had only had a FNC payment and that for her last 6 months.
Well after 2 years the NHS care home claim committee have requested a meeting - anyone been through this ?
I am not after all of it back but we fully funded mums care for 5 years and they should have paid something I feel.
The Doctor referred us to a local dementia service who did tests and filled in forms but mum needed faster help so we booked her in paying the bill from mums account whilst she could.
Once in it was apparent mum was the ONLY long termer paying the full bill herself, some had full funding, some part. What we leaned over time was that some fully funded people had a house and money etc so that wasnt a factor.
Mum died 2 years ago and we claimed for "something" back as we had only had a FNC payment and that for her last 6 months.
Well after 2 years the NHS care home claim committee have requested a meeting - anyone been through this ?
I am not after all of it back but we fully funded mums care for 5 years and they should have paid something I feel.
My mum is 92 recently broke her leg. We are looking at the necessary care after hospital and my understanding is that if there is an "illness" then the NHS should fund the care. In our case it is dizziness causing falls.
Best of luck and stick to your guns and let us know if you get anywhere with them.
Best of luck and stick to your guns and let us know if you get anywhere with them.
phumy said:
If you are in a care home and your assets are over £26k, i think, then the care home will take from that account anything over £26k, once you get down to £26k then it will be funded by the government.
That only applies if your old and frail, my mum had dementia and in the specialist home most had at least part funding.if someone is in a nursing home bed and assessed as needing Nursing care they will get the FNC ( funded nursing component) fro mthe nHS which is something like 110 GBP / week
'fully funded' could mean two things
1. someone who doesn;t have assets in excess of the limit so gets FNC fro mthe nHS and social services funding for the rest
2. someone whose needs are such that they are fully funded by NHS continuing health care funds as otherwsie they would need to be cared for in a hospital setting - these will be the people whose assets were not touched
'fully funded' could mean two things
1. someone who doesn;t have assets in excess of the limit so gets FNC fro mthe nHS and social services funding for the rest
2. someone whose needs are such that they are fully funded by NHS continuing health care funds as otherwsie they would need to be cared for in a hospital setting - these will be the people whose assets were not touched
mph1977 said:
if someone is in a nursing home bed and assessed as needing Nursing care they will get the FNC ( funded nursing component) fro mthe nHS which is something like 110 GBP / week
'fully funded' could mean two things
1. someone who doesn;t have assets in excess of the limit so gets FNC fro mthe nHS and social services funding for the rest
2. someone whose needs are such that they are fully funded by NHS continuing health care funds as otherwsie they would need to be cared for in a hospital setting - these will be the people whose assets were not touched
Dementia couldn't be defined hence new rules and confusion 'fully funded' could mean two things
1. someone who doesn;t have assets in excess of the limit so gets FNC fro mthe nHS and social services funding for the rest
2. someone whose needs are such that they are fully funded by NHS continuing health care funds as otherwsie they would need to be cared for in a hospital setting - these will be the people whose assets were not touched
DSLiverpool said:
mph1977 said:
if someone is in a nursing home bed and assessed as needing Nursing care they will get the FNC ( funded nursing component) fro mthe nHS which is something like 110 GBP / week
'fully funded' could mean two things
1. someone who doesn;t have assets in excess of the limit so gets FNC fro mthe nHS and social services funding for the rest
2. someone whose needs are such that they are fully funded by NHS continuing health care funds as otherwsie they would need to be cared for in a hospital setting - these will be the people whose assets were not touched
Dementia couldn't be defined hence new rules and confusion 'fully funded' could mean two things
1. someone who doesn;t have assets in excess of the limit so gets FNC fro mthe nHS and social services funding for the rest
2. someone whose needs are such that they are fully funded by NHS continuing health care funds as otherwsie they would need to be cared for in a hospital setting - these will be the people whose assets were not touched
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