Hello, My daughter is 49 years old and in 2022 she suffered meningitis, encephalitis and bilateral strokes and was left brain damaged with very little mobility, after 5 months in hospital she came home and had carers. The beginning of 2024 she had a relapse and suffered rigidity and spasticity cannot stand or walk or sit unaided and a lot of other things also, and has very complex health needs and has now had to go into a nursing home permanenty, and obviously can never work again, we claimed for her in 2023 the benefit ESA and she is in the highest group, ESA contribution based support group which I know is non means tested and does not count as income, however East sussex county council Social services are counting it as income and say she has to pay a clients contribution to the nursing home, she also receives a small works pension which is well under £85 week I believe they are trying to charge my daughter wrongly as I know I am right about not being counted as income Please have you any thoughts and or advise on this because I am with her husband about to challenge social services on this payment they are asking for after doing an assessment last April through DWP.
