The strongest argument for a holiday to count – either for the funding for a care package, or for DRE is that the person has been funded before, and has very much benefited from the experience with regard to it sustaining quality of life, OR that it’s an economically sensible way of getting respite secured […]
This is my question please: I have carers who help me each day for which I have a care package under adult social care. I have had this package for roughly ten years and have never had to contribute financially. I have had my yearly financial assessment done and have received a letter stating I
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You need to make a referral to us, we would suggest. Our site explains that we do offer this sort of work, but it is chargeable work, in order that we are not overwhelmed by it. You still get a bit of free triage for instance to give you a steer as to whether there
Yes in our view, in principle, it is. That is because despite it being their obligation to disregard DRE from means in the context of charging against a person’s means – they have such a wide discretion with respect to what it is necessary and reasonable for a person to spend on meeting their own
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The only costs an unpaid carer that can be ‘claimed’ (ie asked for) are the costs of administering the person’s direct payment under this regulation here, Conditions which must apply to the making of direct payments 3.—(1) Direct payments must be made subject to the condition that they must not be used to pay any
It is an exhortation only, related to the duty to promote wellbeing in all Care Act functions, which includes economic wellbeing. If a person needs to pay for education, they could spend the money, incur debt, pay interest on a loan, and ask the council to all for it with regard to the charging assessment.
In principle you need to check whether the letter says a FINANCIAL MEANS / charging review, or a Care Plan review. They are two different things. A Care Review cannot be scheduled just because the person has been able to get their charges down to nil through setting out their DRE. You could ask what
In so far as this is a question at all, regarding a discretionary evaluation that is in the hands of the financial assessor, subject only to the regulations regarding DRE and the Guidance, CASCAIDr thinks that a loose assumption will be made that the individual is only liable for a share of the bill, according
Counselling is specifically noted in s8(1c) of the Care Act as a service which may be purchased by a local authority, to meet eligible needs. As such, it can be considered a service having to do with social care as opposed to being a purely NHS health care function, although therapeutic psychological interventions are able
The dignity and privacy argument has been tried but has failed because the law in this country is that all charging is discretionary and that unless you go through the means test you can be deemed to be able to pay the full cost. Therefore being means tested is the only way to obtain the