If someone permanently enters residential care, owning their own home and they are subject to means-testing, their home is disregarded for the first 12-weeks. What “disregard” means in this context is quite literal – for the purposes of means-testing the home does not exist for those first 12-weeks. All other qualifying assets will be taken into account, but not your home.
My mailbox recently had the following question in it and I thought I should share my answer as it is a commonly recurring theme...
“My question is, no doubt, the most common one; should I put my 88 year old mother’s house (approx value £220,000) in our joint names; she has no savings? My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 5 years ago, but the illness is progressing slowly and she is unlikely to need care for 2/3 years. Would this fall under the ‘deprivation’ rule?”
My post box recently had the following question:
“My Wife will soon be going into permanent care. At present our home is in "Tenants in Common" format. At some stage in the future I will probably want to sell and move to a smaller property. Can the new property be held under "Tenants in Common"?”
My mail box recently had the following question in it regarding a “granny annexe” and I thought the answer would be of interest.
The question was on behalf a friend. The father, late 80s, with Alzheimer’s Disease has recently lost his wife. The family is considering the possibility of the father selling his house and using some of the money to build a granny annexe to the home of one of the children.
The subject of Care Fees is both emotive and complex. Clive Barwell blogs to shed some light on this topic.
Clive Barwell blogs to explore the financial options facing people in the lead up to and during retirement.
Inheritance Tax is payable by different people in different circumstances. Here is advice on the subject.
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