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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
It’s an awkward one…
I’d look to enforced partial equity release if they’re a home owner. IIRC this is already done to a degree if someone had to move into long term residential care as you can have savings up to 16k before contributions are required. (Or used to be anyway)
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I get fed up with the constant whines of people having to sell their home to pay for care.
When they have moved into a care home, the house is no long their home, it is just a house they no longer live in. It is an asset
People at the low income and assets, end of things, don't pay and aren't expected to pay.
Are people going to be given a blank cheque by the taxpayer to pay for whatever level of provision they desire?
If there is a cap of the maximum amount people will have to pay for care, then they can choose the most expensive provision there is, as they know they won't have to pay for the extra costs.
People move away from their families to take up jobs elsewhere. It is not possible for them to care for their parents. You also have single people(unmarried, divorced) who cannot do anything because they are working.
Covid was being passed around
inside care homes, not between them.