Why Can't Those That Own Their Houses Pass Them On To Their Children If They Are Unfortunate To Go Into Care, During Their Final Years?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6372901/RAF-hero-95-sell-home-pay-care-hes-survived-long.html

It has taken these two hero's predicament to highlight once again the unfairness between those that have struggled to buy their homes and those who chose not to.

[Peter Pedant]

because the law says you have to pay for your own health care

care from the cradle to the grave went out years ago - didnt you notice as they took your rights away from you ?

by the way - this is one of Trump's election aims - to deprive people of health care they had under Obamacare - and golly dont they queue up to vote for him - the ones who are gonna have to pay more ...... much much more. Nowt so queer as folk

[Peter Pedant]

£350 m rebate

//That is a myth, the message on the bus was just a suggestion what some of the money we give over to the EU could be spent on. //

yes but the gullible parts of the population ( virtually the whole of the Ab readership ) swallowed it hook like and sinker)

so if you voted to brexit and dont like what it will entail
dont come crying to me

[vetuste_ennemi]

Mamyalynne
How rude.
13:44 Sat 10th Nov 2018

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, that's what I typed.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT, do you have links to any other posters or messages on the side of a bus suggesting what the alleged weekly £350m could be spent on OTHER than the NHS?

[fender62]

roy whiting stabbed erm how much to keep him in prison, when fellows
like this gave so much for there country...angry really does not cut it.

[andres]

Does his partner live in the house? If so how can they force her to leave?

[Rockrose]

Older people are often saying ‘the house is for my old age ‘ or ‘it’s my pension ‘ well there you go if toutare old and you need to go into a home you use your pension/home

[Barmaid]

Well the alternative is the family provide the 24/7 care. Which is exhausting and heart breaking. But there are those who do.

[Mamyalynne]

Andres, no she doesn't.

//Mrs Schutz travels from her home in London to visit Mr Frost in Kent several times a month, spending more than £50 on travel each time.//

[zebo]

The iniquity of this is that those who live a careful life are penalised while those who don't, have even spent their lives propped up by the rest of us, are the winners. Not necessarily to do with not having money either, I know lots of people from our field, teaching, where the use of money is quite different. If anyone should benefit from my careful stewardship my children should, not anyone else. If that sounds unfair in terms of pc, tough.

[andres]

Mamy--Thank you.
Just had a thought . If he is much better now if he was to move back into his home he could probably fund Homecare ,at least for a while. He is paying an extortionate weekly amount where he is. Or he could get one of his children (aged over 60) or another relative to live in his home and then it wouldn't be taken off him.

[Ryzen]

Draw up a Tenants in Common agreement.This 'could' protect half of a couples assets from the care fund.

[gness]

I've always been a bit on the fence about this....until now...

My parents never owned a house.....dad died young and mother worked her socks off to buy a little house and save money.....that was against our wishes....we would rather she had spent more on herself but it was her choice.

She is now in a home......her savings and money from the sale of her house have all gone......to give her the same care as her once upon a time life long work shy no house or savings neighbour is getting in the same home.

My mother's state pension should pay for her care now and her savings and money from the sale of the house she paid for should have been hers to do with as she wished....

And no I am not saying it should have been for me.....I saw the will....I know that wasn't going to happen.

[woofgang]

too late....
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/paying-for-care/paying-for-a-care-home/deprivation-of-assets/

[fender62]

zebo, penalized yes, having worked from 15, all hours any job any weather anywhere, i am very proud of our military past and present.
what gets me they show respect every year, then it's like they are forgotten for the rest of the year, pleasantries from the ultra rich
but meh after that, from the fallen to physically and mentally injured
but i hear oh they signed up for it...i may not be up to it physically
anymore..but i will swing for anyone who..derides our service men.

[bednobs]

i dont think anyone is deriding service personnel in this thread (indeed, it's really about a wider issue around paying for care) it just so happens that the person involved in this story is an ex serviceman, but people all over the country are having to sell family homes all the time to pay for care

[anotheoldgit]

Could an 'age tax' be the answer?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6376191/Health-Minister-Matt-Hancock-considers-age-tax-40s.html

[Zacs-Master]

Isn’t that just another erosion of the NHS?