A lot of people don't know it but if they or their relative have
gone into a care home and the main reason is health related -
physical or mental, then the local authority should foot the
bill. Thousands of people are claiming back
millions.
It all goes back to an important court case called Coughlan in
1999 which ruled that healthcare in the UK was a taxable
benefit like hospitals and your GP. If a person needs to
leave their home due to health (very often the case), then that
person should not have to pay an average of £692 a week, as they
have already paid tax all their life (or at least their generation
has.)
It is quite remarkable that thousands, or even hundreds of
thousands of people were either never assessed, or never assessed
properly, meaning they have spent sometimes their entire life's
savings on a care home rather than leaving it to their loved ones
or their favourite charity.
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