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Mother in Nursing Home
Mum has been in a nursing home for just over 5 years now.
No local home would take her and she had to be placed in a home 25 miles away.
I am a pensioner and have visited her most days.
She has full NHS funding.
My car has now done 108,000 miles mainly as a result of these visits and other running about for Mum. I have been advised it will need some expensive repairs to get it through the next MOT if it continues to do similar mileage. It was new when my mother went into the home.
Mum's money is mounting up at a rate of £1,500 per month as she does not have to pay any fees.
I have lasting Power of Attorney.
I have asked a solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau and the Court of Protection if it would be OK to use some of Mum's money to purchase a new car. They have all replied not normally but this is an extreme situation and it ''Should'' be OK.
They all say they have never encountered this situation before.
I am a little worried about the word ''should''.
As I am a pensioner I will not be able to visit her so much if I can not use some of her money towards a new car and I do not want to stop these visits just to inherit more money. I am the sole beneficiary of her will.
Has anybody been in this situation and used some of their parents money to purchase a new car?.
Normally a person would only live for 15 months in Mum's state so as people have said this is extreme.
No local home would take her and she had to be placed in a home 25 miles away.
I am a pensioner and have visited her most days.
She has full NHS funding.
My car has now done 108,000 miles mainly as a result of these visits and other running about for Mum. I have been advised it will need some expensive repairs to get it through the next MOT if it continues to do similar mileage. It was new when my mother went into the home.
Mum's money is mounting up at a rate of £1,500 per month as she does not have to pay any fees.
I have lasting Power of Attorney.
I have asked a solicitor, Citizens Advice Bureau and the Court of Protection if it would be OK to use some of Mum's money to purchase a new car. They have all replied not normally but this is an extreme situation and it ''Should'' be OK.
They all say they have never encountered this situation before.
I am a little worried about the word ''should''.
As I am a pensioner I will not be able to visit her so much if I can not use some of her money towards a new car and I do not want to stop these visits just to inherit more money. I am the sole beneficiary of her will.
Has anybody been in this situation and used some of their parents money to purchase a new car?.
Normally a person would only live for 15 months in Mum's state so as people have said this is extreme.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I can see your point, Tilly2. It has been going on for months on similar themes. Some posters must have been found out because they have been suspended, and others have not posted for a while, sometimes after slipping up. But it's easy for them to return under a new name. There is an argument that it allows debate on an important topic and some may benefit from it, but like you I feel uneasy about it. But it's up to the Ed.
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