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I have been fighting my 99 year old mother's case for 2 years now. Can you advise me if there are any solicitors specialising in CHC who act on a No Win No Fee basis? I am not asking you to recommend anyone as I know you do not do this but perhaps you could just let me know if there are people who do this.
Many thanks
Irene

I have commented previously regarding my Dad's situation. I was very much heartened by the reply and feel we have a good case, retrospectively. Having looked through most of the evidence we have, I can show that we did ask for a Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment to be done on Dad's entry to the Care Home. However, this was completed by the Social Worker at the time, who completed the checklist by himself, it seems, as he has only put his name to it. Neither we, Dad or a healthcare professional that knew Dad was involved or invited to have input into the Checklist and the findings were that Dad wasn't eligible for CHC and only Social Care. I understand this should have been reviewed on an annual basis or at least the next time we requested a financial assessment. At no time in the two subsequent financial assessments requested did the current status of Dad's health get mentioned, they were only interested in proving they did not have to contribute, firstly saying that they wouldn't even begin to contemplate an assessment until we could prove that Dad didn't have £45,000 worth of Premium Bonds and in the second instance adding in his life assured PIP that had been disregarded at the beginning. I have since drafted a letter of formal complaint to the Head of Adult Care services but just want to check that all the facts are correct before I send it. I have requested access to Dad's medical records but they are taking an awfully long time to do this. I have also spoken to a solicitor regarding this, but the questionnaire they have sent out is very medically based and I will have to see Dad's medical records and get Care Home records just to fill this in. They are a no win-no fee based company who will charge 25% + VAT of all monies with interest recovered. I am unsure if this is how to proceed and wonder if you can help with this. Do you have solicitors or financial advisors that can help? Also my biggest worry is that the solicitor acting for the Care Home provider, has said that they will start pursuing us for the outstanding fees of £34,151.58, the County Council advised we did not pay any more fees until they had completed their last assessment, tomorrow and I have yet to find anyone who can tell me if I can withhold the payment until this issue of CHC is resolved or whether I should pay it in the hope of being able to reclaim it through the retrospective claim. My other question is that if we don't have the money to pay all of it, assuming that they cannot touch the money from Dad's life assured PIP, how does that leave us? Are we liable for the whole cost? I'm sorry that I am going over the same ground again, but I cannot seem to get any answers anywhere else as the solicitor says they cannot answer any financial queries.

I am at my wits with the care fees as I know they are over charging me with various different statements and TOP UPS. I had no guidance from anybody or social worker. My partner has advanced vascular dementia. He has a peg for feeding, can't speak, hoist to bed and chair. He looks at you. He has double incontinence. In August 2015 he had a massive stroke and was in hospital for 3 months and has been in nursing home since 17th Nov 2015. I had a solicitor to deal with it but he doesn't seem to be of help. I just paid him £2.400 to deal for me but I am the one who had contacted the Council about everything. The Social worker is not helping as she assessed Malcolm base on his property and he was asked to sell. It was sold on 30th March 2016.
Last week the home's finance department told me that they would take me to court and evict Malcolm.
My Solicitor advised me to pay to stop them doing it. I have paid the amount which I had calculated, which is correct but the Home calculated more than what it should be. It is so stressful and I want my partner to have a proper assessment, as I know he can get NHS Continuing Health Care. His condition has not improved, his stroke arm is glued to his chest and fingers are clenched, his neck is tilted to the right too as the stroke was on the right side. I don't get any feedback about his health. The only assessment he had was at the hospital before he was admitted to the nursing home. He had low points as he is not aggressive enough and he only needs a nurse to do it and is only entitled to £112 indefinitely from NHS.
I don't know what to do to get a proper assessment as the present social worker won't contact me and I have left messages for her.

Hi Angela - Thank you for publishing your book. We are at the beginning of the process of getting mum what she is entitled to in terms of benefits as my father was a bit old school and perceived it as shameful to do so. She suffers with progressive dementia and has now been diagnosed with Alzheimers and don't really have a clue where to start.
My father and brother have both now passed away so my nephew came to stay at his grandmas. He is worried that because he lives there and is now working that she will be penalised for any means tested benefits and has offered to move out. It would be invaluable to know what your view is on this. Have just downloaded your book and will be sifting through to arm myself with the knowledge needed to deal with the system.

Kindest Regards, Archie (Archana) x