Continuing, Long Term Care Funding

[Daij]

I recently spotted an ad in the local paper of a firm of solicitors who will give a free assessment on whether your loved ones qualify for NHS funding for care in a residential nursing home. Just rec'd my questionnaire and noticed that their charges and fees will follow if the claim is successful. Anyone had experience of this - how do they calculate their fees? On a percentage basis of the whole I guess. If anyone knows for sure, would appreciate an answer.

Thanks in advance.

[boxtops]

I've not heard of this and it sounds like the PPI racket - someone offering to do work for you which can be found out yourself, with a bit of spadework. Nobody does anything for nothing, but to charge you for finding this out sounds like a bad idea to the patient/relative.

[woofgang]

Hmmm, I wonder where the fees are supposed to be funded from? If the claim is successful then the money paid from the NHS should go to covering the patients residential care fees. I am guessing that they expect to be paid from any back payment due. I don't like it one bit.

[atalanta]

Warning - the NHS seems to have closed the door on this funding. Not officially, of course. But my family put in a claim, which we thought was cast-iron, on behalf of our father, and it was turned down, even after an appeal run by a qualified advocate, who had assured us she had had plenty of less acute cases accepted in the past. I have also heard of a woman being turned down who could do nothing for herself except breathe.

[EDDIE51]

Why go for this firm. the CAB or AgeUk will do it free of all charges.

[black_cat51]

the NHS will assess the patient for free