If you or someone you know, needs to organise your affairs in preparation to receive long term care, or you need to plan for care home fees, our community care solicitors can help.
Most people would prefer to remain and receive care in their own home irrespective of any physical or mental infirmity. This is a principle objective of community care. However, in practice how much assistance you receive from your local authority social services department will depend on the extent of your needs for services and their eligibility criteria.
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It is important to plan for care home fees to ensure that you still have something to pass on for the future if you want to leave something for your loved ones. The average care home costs can vary widely. Residential and nursing homes usually charge on a weekly basis. The amount of the fee will depend on the nature and level of care provided, the location and facilities of the home.
In the event that you decide to move into a care home, important decisions need to be made. Such decisions may have unintended ramifications and so the importance of early, specialist legal advice, such as from a member of Solicitors for the Elderly of which we are members, can prevent or mitigate problems arising at a later date, leaving you in the best position to plan your care.
Legal issues relating to long-term care are expanding. Laws and regulations are rapidly evolving and becoming more complex. Our community care solicitors can help you plan for care home fees, including advising you on any state benefits you may be entitled to and helping you to claim other methods of care home funding, i.e., the NHS Continuing Healthcare.
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There are occasions when the NHS is responsible for the cost of care. The Department of Health in England and National Assembly in Wales has set a national framework to assess and determine eligibility. If a person meets the criteria, then their personal, health and accommodation care costs (which may be provided in a nursing home or your own home), will be funded by the NHS regardless of the person's own financial position.
The NHS is responsible for the cost of nursing care in a nursing home provided by a registered nurse irrespective of the individual's own means. It is paid at a flat rate.
Depending on your resources the local authority may assist in the funding of care. How much and when are based on complex guidance. Whether you fund all, part or none of your care costs is not always clear and early advice is recommended.
For specialist legal advice, please contact our community care solicitors in York, Malton, Selby and Pickering. Or alternatively, you can fill out the contact form to the right and a member of our specialist team will be in touch.
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