I’m sorry to hear this but there are ways round this unfortunately it’s to late for you but a good solicitor will have prevented much of this, my parents have put things in place to prevent this exact thing from happening. I totally agree it’s shit but it proves again that doing nothing in this country benefits you in the long run.Yes it has..... despite being immobile from the waist down so unable to walk etc. Suffering from incontinence and early onset Alzheimers at the age of 84 she requires round the clock care. However despite all that she doesn't qualify for any aid so it goes like this
1) They take all your savings except for the last £23,000 (however she can only access £23 a week for incidentals).
2) Then they access the pensions and any state benefits (bearing in mind they remove the carers allowance of £80 a week because you are now in care)
3) if this isn't enough (and it usually isn't) the state will then top up the balance but you have to sign away your house.. This means that they can sell your house once you have died to recoup their payments. If you are a couple and one has gone into care they can only take the house once the last person has died.
Care homes in Trafford range from £500 to £900 a week so you can see how easily the money gets eaten up.
Sorry mate I don’t agree.... the people who want to smoke weed already do. The fact that it is legal or not does not really effect this life choice. I wouldn’t expect people to suddenly become potheads just because it is legal. So I wouldn’t expect to see a significant increase in pot use, therefore I think your reasoning is flawedYou’ll just end up funding mass cannabis psychosis caused by skunk and not giving any eXTRA to the NHS
People go on about the Tories fucking the NHS over but PFI which the last Labour government brought in has had a much bigger impact on the NHS than any cut
Jesus Christ that’s peoples pensions rinsed again, I’m sorry but that’s bullshit, pensioners have paid into the system already, that’s 50 years for some and now they want you to carry in until you die! What’s the point in having a pension? Pay NI, get ill they’ll take it off you along with your house to pay for the care home. Don’t they realise people have planned their retirements to live off that monthly income, to now go and tax them on it again, how the duck are they supposed to make that up, go back to work in their 70s and 80s. About time they went after the big corporations and leave us alone.To get back on subject a Tory fopp interviewed after PMs QT today said that it will be funded from NI being applied to all workers, including those over 65.
I’d go further and apply NI to all income tax paying pensioners.
Jesus wept.Absolutely bang on with that one!
Tony Blair and John Prescott got absolutely stitched up like a kipper by private enterprise
Who probably couldn’t believe their luck.
The tax payer takes the bill and the Tories take the blame.
Classic.
Jesus Christ that’s peoples pensions rinsed again, I’m sorry but that’s bullshit, pensioners have paid into the system already, that’s 50 years for some and now they want you to carry in until you die! What’s the point in having a pension? Pay NI, get ill they’ll take it off you along with your house to pay for the care home. Don’t they realise people have planned their retirements to live off that monthly income, to now go and tax them on it again, how the duck are they supposed to make that up, go back to work in their 70s and 80s. About time they went after the big corporations and leave us alone.
Out of curiosity,what do you do Russ? what's your trade/occupation?You really are a snide lickspittle, with zero clue as to what I do so please go fuck yourself.