15-06-14, 02:51 PM
Sorry to hear about your Dad's health Nick.
It's not scrounging Nick, it's getting the help that you and your Dad are entitled to. Also keeping your Dad as healthy and happy as possible is cheaper for the state and better for your Dad than him being in hospital all the time.
I'm in Scotland as you know, so everything is different care wise from England. My problem is my parents won't take any help at all. But I suggest you talk to your doctor and social services and find out what help is available, and take every help you can get. And don't jump into giving up your job until you've comprehensively checked everything out.
In Scotland it's possible for parents to sign the deeds of their house over to their children, but without the children having any right to sell until the parents are deceased, the parents having full occupancy rights. So that means the home cannot be sold to pay for care. It's a common arrangement, though sadly as I know myself, and as I've seen with many others not half common enougth.
Quote:I'm not really sure I should apply for it though, as I'm not one to scrounge off the state, and also I resent having to jump through their never-ending hoops to get anything.
It's not scrounging Nick, it's getting the help that you and your Dad are entitled to. Also keeping your Dad as healthy and happy as possible is cheaper for the state and better for your Dad than him being in hospital all the time.
I'm in Scotland as you know, so everything is different care wise from England. My problem is my parents won't take any help at all. But I suggest you talk to your doctor and social services and find out what help is available, and take every help you can get. And don't jump into giving up your job until you've comprehensively checked everything out.
In Scotland it's possible for parents to sign the deeds of their house over to their children, but without the children having any right to sell until the parents are deceased, the parents having full occupancy rights. So that means the home cannot be sold to pay for care. It's a common arrangement, though sadly as I know myself, and as I've seen with many others not half common enougth.