Submitted on Wednesday 11th June 2014
Published on Thursday 12th June 2014
Current status: Closed
Closed: Monday 30th March 2015
Signatures: 38
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care homes ~ England ~ UK
Stop the financial abuse of self-funding residents in UK care homes
Almost a third of care home residents in the UK have to pay all of their care costs because they have savings/assets above the government threshold (currently £23,250) which denies them access to any financial help.
The situation for many such residents in England is even worse. Some self-funders are being charged substantially more than local authority funded residents in the same home and for exactly the same care package. I believe this amounts to an insidious profiteering by those care homes involved. I consider it morally wrong and an exploitation of vulnerable people, particularly as many self- funders will have no idea they are going to pay a higher price at the time of contracting with a home. Why are local authorities dismissing this form of abuse?
I would like the Government to regulate this despicable practice and require local authorities to use existing adult safeguarding powers to call offenders to account.
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