Client success stories

To help other going through similar situations, some of our clients have agreed to share their experiences of securing continuing healthcare funding. Here are their stories:

Michael’s story

When Michael reached out to Compass CHC, his mother in law had already spent two years in full time care. Despite significant cognitive and physical impairments, including immobility, double incontinence, dementia related anxiety, recurrent infections, and arthritis, the family had repeatedly been t

Helen’s story

Helen’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2013, shortly after he was also diagnosed with prostate cancer. Around the same time Helen’s mother was diagnosed with bowel cancer. This period was extremely challenging for the family as they navigated through multiple hea

Mark’s story

Mark successfully secured NHS Continuing Healthcare funding for his father, Peter, who was living with dementia, although the journey to get there was far from straightforward. Compass CHC guided Mark through the often opaque and overwhelming system, providing the expert advocacy they needed to secu

Simon and Joanne’s story

Watch the video below of Simon, a retired GP and his wife Joanne. They explain how Compass CHC supported them to secure NHS continuing healthcare funding for Joanne’s mother, who was paying £7,000 per month for care. With our support and advocacy representing the family in the NHS assessment,

Wendy’s story

Wendy contacted Compass CHC for advice when her mother was moved from home into a nursing home. After completing a review of her situation we recommended to the family that her mother could be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. We gathered the available care records, and drafted detaile

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Compass CHC has helped a family recover more than £165,000 in care fees following a successful retrospective NHS Continuing Healthcare claim. Compass CHC supported the family after the initial assessment resulted in an award of NHS-funded nursing care rather than full NHS Continuing Healthcare fund

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Plans for an NHS-style social care system have raised an important question for families across England: Will social care become free, and will people still need NHS Continuing Healthcare funding? Prime Minister Andy Burnham has outlined a vision for a universal social care service that would be fr

Talking about care fees

In this article, we discuss a topic many families face at some point: care home fees. Talking about care home fees can be a hard topic to address; it can often feel awkward and sometimes daunting, especially when it involves parents, loved ones, or someone facing a specific health challenge. Money c

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