Care Home Fees - Testimonies
Testimonies
It is unfortunately the case that many people living in the UK
have had their needs and care assessed incorrectly by local health
authorities and below are just a few of these people who have
rightly taken issue with their care home fees and who have been
awarded compensation.
In the case of Judith Roe, who sadly died last October, the sum
of £130,000 was reclaimed from her local NHS when they wrongly
classed her Alzheimers and associated medical problems as 'social'
rather than 'health related'. She had to sell her own home to help
pay for her care home fees.
Rod Johnson won back £51,500 when he was left partially
paralysed following a brain haemorrhage and the local care trust
did everything possible to prevent paying out. His brother Stephen
said, "My message to people is, if they are unsure whether they are
due free care, then take advice, because the NHS won't offer it
easily".
Finally comes the case of Marjorie Eyton-Jones, also an
Alzheimer's sufferer. After 6 years, the family of Mrs Eyton-Jones
received £165,000 which the NHS admitted the family had been
wrongly charged for. The family were told Mrs Eyton-Jones required
24 hour nursing care, but because she had available savings of at
least £23,000, they were told they had to fund the care themselves,
no other option was given. They recovered the entire amount of the
nursing fee costs.
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