Care act

Wibbles
Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 3,427 Championing
edited March 31 in Families and carers

Have any of you had any care - paid for by your local authority ?

Was it simple to obtain or did you have to fight for it ?

The care act says :
8.14 The local authority must not charge for certain types of care and support which must be arranged free.
These are:
• intermediate care, including reablement, which must be provided free of charge for up to 6 weeks. However, local authorities must have regard to the guidance on preventative support set out in Chapter 2. This sets out that neither should have a strict time limit but should reflect the needs of the person. Local authorities therefore may wish to apply their discretion to offer this free of charge for longer than 6 weeks where there are clear preventative benefits, such as when a person has recently become visually impaired
• community equipment (aids and minor adaptations). Aids must be provided free of charge whether provided to meet or prevent/delay needs. A minor adaptation is one costing £1,000 or less
• care and support provided to people with Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
• after-care services/support provided under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
• any service or part of service which the NHS is under a duty to provide. This includes Continuing Healthcare and the NHS contribution to Registered Nursing Care
• more broadly, any services which a local authority is under a duty to provide through other legislation may not be charged for under the Care Act 2014
• assessment of needs and care planning may also not be charged for, since these processes do not constitute ‘meeting needs

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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 3,427 Championing
    edited March 31

    I am just hoping that when my wife has an op (which does appear to be what's going to happen) - the LA do offer her 6 weeks of free reablement care - because otherwise we will both die !

    I am unable to do anything and my wife will be in bed for several weeks !

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 3,368 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I'm so sorry that it looks like she'll have to have an operation. Have you spoken to the LA about the situation?

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 1,174 Connected

    I've been in the care system since just before my 25th birthday in 2001 (50 next week), and the LA's mostly been paying for it and invoicing us.

    Although in more recent times, we've been getting monthly invoices off the Council for payments for the care, and it ain't cheap! Over £300.

    I moved into proper supported living just over 3 months ago, and as far as I know the LA are paying for it.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 3,427 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1113839#Comment_1113839

    No not yet !

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 3,427 Championing
    edited March 31
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1113852#Comment_1113852

    I believe that the LA/NHS (NOT Sure which) is supposed to pay for the first 6 weeks by law - but after that - how can my wife be expected to safely survive with no care in place ?

    And then there's myself - how do I survive without my wife/carer ?

    £300 per month is dirt cheap - I have seen quotes of £2000 + per week for a full time, medically trained live in carer - which is what we will need for around 6 months !

    The problem is that we own our own home and have savings of over £20,000

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,701 Championing

    The NHS will pay for her reablement care for up to 6 weeks, then her care transfers to the Local Authority.

    While the reablement is ongoing her care needs will be assessed on a regular basis, a financial assessment will be done once care has transferred to the LA.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 3,427 Championing
    edited March 31
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1113863#Comment_1113863

    Thanks - to be honest I don't expect the LA to pay a penny - but NHS should not let someone home after an op - unless they are 100% safe and my wife would have to do everything herself (and for me) so would not be safe. She will have had an extremely major op and will need TOTAL rest for several months that unfortunately I will be unable to give to her…… Will the reablement care also cover myself ?

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,701 Championing
    edited March 31

    Reablement only applies to the person leaving Hospital.

    It doesn't always happen at home, sometimes people go to a convalescent hospital or into a care home for reablement care. The same funding timings apply.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 3,427 Championing
    edited March 31
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1113879#Comment_1113879

    So assuming that the care for my wife was given in our home - my wife would be fed and watered etc and myself, sitting in the chair next to her and being unable to walk or carry anything - would be left/ignored - how could anyone do that ?

    As a beside just to complicate matters further still - my wife is covered by a different GP Surgery to mine - Located in a different County as well.

    https://www.ageuk.org.uk/siteassets/documents/factsheets/fs41_how_to_get_care_and_support_fcs.pdf Mentions that carers get a personal budget - PAGE 17/32

    And this is supposed to pay for support

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