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scraggy55
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Why wouldn't you want to do that? I work for social services, each local authority is different, but surely you would wish to contribute to the cost of his care? There are a lot of people out there who have bugger all through no fault of their own, they are the ones should be getting the assistance. If you are in a position to assist in some way, then I believe you should.
That is your opinion and not fact.
I used to be involved in this stuff in Hampshire and if someone needs res care, unless they decline financial assessment or are very rich, then they will receive their SS and NHS assessments at the same time and before being placed. The other circ where SS would not be involved at this stage would be where the NHS has in house res care or the patient has a very short life expectancy and is too unwell to be moved. i don't believe that either of theses circs exist in this case.
From recent posts on here, SS depts seem to be finding it easier to extort money from relatives than to fight for the NHS funding.
Where a patient has secured NHS nursing care funding, as I said, they are unlikely indeed to be judged not to need the nursing care component at future assessments.
IN MY OPINION, as i have said, it seems to me that the advice given buy the SS employee to the OP is designed to ensure that her father has a ready supply of cash in his account to be milked by the system. No one is saying that the share of the house should not be used to cover his costs when the house is finally sold, but to give the advice to the OP that was given seems to me to be duplicitous and only intended to benefit SS.