Care Home Fee Rise Could Force Pensioner To Sell House

Losing our own house is the greatest fear of each individual. A pensioner worries when the council rising the care home fees around 25o pounds since she may be forced to sell her house.

There was a report by South Wale Argus that Newport Council has increaded the cost of living at eight of its care homes, with the price increasing by as much as 61 a week in some instances. An old woman named Phyllis Jeffries, who is 88, is one of those affected the improve of care house and her daughter, Jennifer McLaren, fears she may not have the ability to pay the rise feee.

A private pension covered Mrs Jeffries' care residence fees and also the rent from a house she owns in the Malpas location.

But, her daughter is upset that the property will now have to be sold just to pay for the increased of the care residence fees.

The change was just informed on October 23rd when the fees went up on October 1st meaning she is already in arrears and it makes her so angry.

When her husband George died three years ago, Mrs Jeffries has lived in a care home and suffers from vascular dementia.

The rules of change apply to people who have assets and income totalling more than 22,000 as what the Newport Council's say.

In a statement a spokesperson stated: "This only affects those individuals whose income and capital means that they have to pay the full expenses of their care.It's unfortunate that people have only recently been advised of these increases and we will do what we can to ease the monetary burden on individuals."

The price had gone up to ensure fees met the price of offering care, she added.

They need to know if Mrs Jefferies have to pay the increased fees? And they said, without realizing the full details of the case it's impossible to comment on this particular instance.

Nevertheless, as a general rule you may find some circumstances where individuals wrongly wind up paying care house fees when they need to have truly been covered by a nearby authority or the NHS. Properly, there's still a way to get compensation claim even this circumstances have been forced to sell their house.

If you or a relative has a claim don't hesitate to get in touch having a specialist solicitor who will probably be able to assist and examine the issue. They can take you on a no-win no-fee basis if necessary just to get over with this matter.