NHS Continuing Healthcare.......

[yelenots]

My mother has been 'Self Funding' in a Rest Home for 3 months due to ill health. Recently she suffered an acute stroke and is in hospital. The social worked has asked us to look at Nursing Homes.
Please can anyone tell me how the NHS continuing healthcare funding works?
Thanks

[ubasses]

Once you have found a nursing home they will put in the claim for the funding and an assessment will be made. The one my Mother in law was in charged the full amount and then the funding was sent direct to her account like the attendance allowance.

[evil__sheep]

continuing healthcare funding is extremely hard to get, that's about all i know!

[Buenchico]

See here:
http://www.nhs.uk/Car...HSContinuingCare.aspx

Chris

[yelenots]

Thank you for your replies - I'm a little bit wiser now!

[evil__sheep]

the crucial bit is whether the need is primarily health or care.
care after a stroke is usually primarily care needs rather than health care needs

[yelenots]

Evil .......This may sound stupid but what is this difference? She is bedbound and cannot get out of bed without the assistance of 2 people. Very vague and confused and is not eating/drinking and is sleeping 90% of the time.

[evil__sheep]

the difference (i think) is if her care needs to be carried out by a qualified nurse, or if it can be done by a carer (unqualified)

[Esquires]

NHS care funding is a disgraceful shambles and massive conspiracy to defraud the elderly. NHS care 'free at the point of need is the statutory right of every resident British citizen. For the truth see http://freenursingcare.findtalk.net/forum

[Esquires]

The Law Society told the Commons select committee: "The judgment in Coughlan clearly establishes that where a person's primary need is for health care, and that is why they are placed in nursing home accommodation, the NHS is responsible for the full cost of the package." In other words, anyone who is so ill that they require access to professional care is entitled to receive that care from the NHS as the Act says: 'free at the point of need regardless of the ability to pay' There is NO lawful demarkation between so-called 'social' and 'nursing' care. It's ALL nursing 'caring for the sick' (Lord Woolf in 'Coughlan')

[yelenots]

Thank you for all your help x

[chcdirect]

If you are struggling to provide costs and the primary need of your loved one is a health need, you could be eligible. Our funding experts are on hand to help you now and to answer any questions you may have about our services.
you can submit your survay at http://continuing-healthcare-direct.co.uk/survey