"SWQ" wrote in message
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> A bit controversial this.
> My elderly mother is in good health thankfully but, with an eye on
the
> future, she is concerned that if she runs up any care home bills the
local
> council will take her home. This doesn't fit into her wish to pass
it to
> her grandchildren.
> Is there a way of avoiding this happening?
Apparently if she needs the care because of a medical condition, then
the NHS have to pay. But they always try everything they can to avoid
doing so. Search uk.legal or google. Eg:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/retirement/article.html?in_article_id=416053&in_page_id=6
> A friend's father's estate has just been decimated by just such a
thing.
> As most people know, you are punished for providing for yourself in
this
> country so she wishes to address this issue.
You are also punished for high house prices - perhaps she is thinking
she can help her grandchildren afford to get on the "property ladder"
which is hard today with such ridiculously high house prices. If so
she may take comfort from the fact that prices are now falling, which
means her grandchildren may be able to afford to buy in a few years
even without her help, and that the council will get less of her
money.
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Andy
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