Today,it is feasible that you maybe one of the many families struggling to ensure that, as you yourself enter retirement, your surviving parent or parents are able to obtain the kind of care they need.In many,many, cases throughout the UK, family homes are being sold and life savings used to fund professional care at home or in residential care homes. What you probably don’t know is that you may be eligible to claim for NHS funding to cover some or all of these costs.
This is what the This is Money website has to say about this serious state of affairs.
‘The key point about NHS funding is that it is not means-tested, so the amount of money the patient has is irrelevant. Also, it does not matter where the nursing care is received.
You can still apply for costs if the relative is being cared for at home or in a residential home.
Be prepared for a long, drawn-out battle as the health authority attempts to bury you in bureaucracy.’
There is much more to read at http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/pensions/tips-and-guides/article.html?in_advicepage_id=102&in_article_id=500519&in_page_id=53965
This is such an important topic, frequently going to the very heart of your family financial security in retirement. If you find yourself in this predicament, you will have to fight for your family’s rights, as it is most unlikely that anyone will offer the financial advice leading to appropriate funding voluntarily. So until next time,soon…