Social Care and Social Services - Save your receipts. Even if you don't receive it.

[Kevin_1]

If you are on means tested Social Care keep a copy of all of your expenses and receipts for conversions equipment and care costs.

This year a cap on personal costs of £72,000 should have come into place. The government has put that off for four years, but it is backdatable and you can set all expenditure against the cap if you need to then.

This means that if/when the legislation (which has passed through Parliament but it awaits a start date) is activated the total you should ever have spent is £72,000. At that point the Social Services pick up the full amount.

If you are not eligible for Social Care because of savings and investments keep them too. When the law comes in you too can claim Social Services care and enjoy the same cap.

I am so wonderfully optimistic!

Best

Kevin

[Amilazy]

Sounds too good to be true doesn't it. 4 yrs is new lot of politicians so do not hold breath. Always useful to keep quotes and invoices as you say there could be changed to care provision. But this is an England only proposal so far, doubt if Wales will follow suit as already overspent but I can always hope. Scotland is different as all care costs covered now so I doubt could afford to increase the cap.

Best wishes and fingers crossed the politicians will consider the carers needs.

Tim

[Kevin_1 in reply to Amilazy]

I worked for the Scottish NHS for a while - Soo much better funded!

I think keeping the NHS afloat is going to be the priority now - lots of reports of Trusts running out of money.

I think you are right.

Sad days.

[NannaB]

Wonderfully optimistic and VERY knowledgeable. Thanks Kevin, won't apply to us but very helpful to those it will apply to.

X

[Kevin_1 in reply to NannaB]

Thanks NannaB

I just got a new anorak

I actually enjoy researching this stuff... I scare myself lol.

xx

[NannaB in reply to Kevin_1]

I'm sure you look very nice in your new anorak and if it helps with the research, keep wearing it.

X

[Kevin_1 in reply to NannaB]

Um, You are being wonderfully wry or it got lost in translation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora...

I am being wry

xx

[NannaB in reply to Kevin_1]

No it didn't get lost in translation. My sense of humour gets a bit lost in print....you didn't see me smiling. I was also a bit of an anorak when I was at work working with children in mainstream education with additional needs. When I left work someone held my code of practice up as she gave a farewell speech. Practically every page had a post it note stuck on it and I'd written all over it. She joked that no one else needed to read it as I knew it by heart and they only had to ask me if they wanted to know something. I was a bit obsessed. Shame I don't feel the same about housework.

X

[Kevin_1 in reply to NannaB]

LoL

Greetings fellow anorak!

I wasn't sure.

That sounds like me lol

What were you additional needs?

x

[NannaB in reply to Kevin_1]

Chocolate, wine and someone to laugh with. That's all I ever need.

X

[Kevin_1]

That is wonderful.

Thanks for the smile

I would a a nice big Moon too.

xx