Do we have any Solicitors on the forum?
I need some advice with regards to my dad's mental health.
He has Bipolar disorder and short term memory loss, amongst other illnesses and requires 24 hour care. He has been living in a care home within Liverpool, for the past eight years, where they manage his health and well being very well. As far as the family are concerned he is in the best possible place.
But here's where i need some advice:
Liverpool City council are wanting to move him on to another home because of his age, he is now 74, and he does not meet the criteria of the home, in that they normally don't have residents past 65, though the home are willing to keep him, they enjoy having him around and manage him really well.
It costs over £1000 per week to keep, but this is because of the nursing element and the four hours one to one car given to him each day.
Because of the costs Social services are also saying it is costing too much to keep him here, yet if they moved him to another home it wouldn't cost much less to be honest, as they found out themselves when looking in to other care homes in the area.
Sneakily, his Social worker went to head office to find out how much money he has in his bank account, and it just so happened that the home were being audited at the time, so were more than willing to provide her with this information - i didn't even know how much he has in savings myself, but this shows just how uninterested in the money i am.
He also has a sum of money saved up, which has accumulated from him not being able to fully spend his pension, but now Social Services want him to part fund his own care. I told Social Services that i am not willing to sign nor agree to anything with regards to his funding.
They are saying that the amount of money is over the criteria you are allowed to have to receive full funding, yet they have fully funded his caring up to now without so much as a whisper.
At the moment my dad's money is managed fully by the home, which is the way it has been since he has lived there, and we don't really want to manage his money or have to take charge of it, unless of course there is no other option.
Basically, we need to speak to a solicitor to talk about appealing this decision and to also talk about the managing of his money so that Social Services do not force him to part fund his own care.
His funding will stop from August 10th.
Any other advice welcomed
I need some advice with regards to my dad's mental health.
He has Bipolar disorder and short term memory loss, amongst other illnesses and requires 24 hour care. He has been living in a care home within Liverpool, for the past eight years, where they manage his health and well being very well. As far as the family are concerned he is in the best possible place.
But here's where i need some advice:
Liverpool City council are wanting to move him on to another home because of his age, he is now 74, and he does not meet the criteria of the home, in that they normally don't have residents past 65, though the home are willing to keep him, they enjoy having him around and manage him really well.
It costs over £1000 per week to keep, but this is because of the nursing element and the four hours one to one car given to him each day.
Because of the costs Social services are also saying it is costing too much to keep him here, yet if they moved him to another home it wouldn't cost much less to be honest, as they found out themselves when looking in to other care homes in the area.
Sneakily, his Social worker went to head office to find out how much money he has in his bank account, and it just so happened that the home were being audited at the time, so were more than willing to provide her with this information - i didn't even know how much he has in savings myself, but this shows just how uninterested in the money i am.
He also has a sum of money saved up, which has accumulated from him not being able to fully spend his pension, but now Social Services want him to part fund his own care. I told Social Services that i am not willing to sign nor agree to anything with regards to his funding.
They are saying that the amount of money is over the criteria you are allowed to have to receive full funding, yet they have fully funded his caring up to now without so much as a whisper.
At the moment my dad's money is managed fully by the home, which is the way it has been since he has lived there, and we don't really want to manage his money or have to take charge of it, unless of course there is no other option.
Basically, we need to speak to a solicitor to talk about appealing this decision and to also talk about the managing of his money so that Social Services do not force him to part fund his own care.
His funding will stop from August 10th.
Any other advice welcomed
