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Alzheimer’s & continuing healthcare funding

We regularly speak with families battling to receive continuing healthcare funding for relatives in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease. So why doesn’t having Alzheimer’s automatically qualify you for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding? NHS Continuing Healthcare is a package of care

5 key facts about Continuing Healthcare

Continuing healthcare funding, also known as CHC funding, is free healthcare provided by the NHS. The package of care is available to people aged 18 or over with significant ongoing healthcare needs, and it covers 100% of care costs. To be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding, it must be e

Do we need to sell Mum’s home to cover care fees?

Thousands of properties are sold each year to fund the ever rising cost of care fees. However, many of these family homes should not have been sold, as the individuals concerned may be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, a package of funding where the NHS covers all costs, including care home

Can an advocate attend a DST assessment?

If you choose to have an advocate, such as a non-practising solicitor, represent you at an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment this can be especially effective. Even just acting in a mediatory role as an advocate, a non-practising solicitor’s presence can ensure that the assessment guidelines

Can an ICB overturn a DST recommendation?

Increasingly we are encountering instances where individuals have engaged fully in the NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment process and secured a recommendation at the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting that their relative is entitled to continuing healthcare funding. However, the ICB responsible

Should your local council contribute to care home costs?

If your loved one is deemed ineligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding, then responsibility for their care home costs may fall to the local council. Unlike NHS Continuing Healthcare, the local authority can assess their financial situation to determine if they should contribute to care home co

What is NHS-funded nursing care?

The NHS website defines NHS-funded nursing care as, “NHS-funded nursing care is when the NHS pays for the nursing care component of nursing home fees. The NHS pays a flat rate directly to the care home towards the cost of this nursing care.“ NHS-funded nursing care is paid at the same rate acros

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