what happens to a pension if a person goes into care
Discussion
If as a single or widowed person your combined assets and capital are under the £21500 limit then normally social services will undertake a financial assessment at which time you will be legally obliged to declare your pension and the state of it.
Normally if you are drawing the pension then dependant on the size of it you may be required to contribute all or a percentage of it towards your care.
Similarly you may well be receiving a state pension which the social services would expect you to contribute towards your care. You are however entitled to keep at least £20.45 a week towards personal spending money / pocket money.
If however you are married / living in a family home or have a joint pension etc then the funding issues can be very different and there are I believe ground for requesting that more than 50% of the pension to be kept for the wife / husband / partner.
Normally if you are drawing the pension then dependant on the size of it you may be required to contribute all or a percentage of it towards your care.
Similarly you may well be receiving a state pension which the social services would expect you to contribute towards your care. You are however entitled to keep at least £20.45 a week towards personal spending money / pocket money.
If however you are married / living in a family home or have a joint pension etc then the funding issues can be very different and there are I believe ground for requesting that more than 50% of the pension to be kept for the wife / husband / partner.
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