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darkgen said:
Previously assets, which included your house were taken into consideration when paying for care costs. So in essence they have increased the threshold from 24k to 100k.
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Only for those in care homes which is 1 in 4. The 3 in 4 who receive care in their own home this will affect them.
 
darkgen said:
But the house was included before. It was included in the care-cost calculation with a charge being placed against the property by the LA if the costs were deferred vs the property being sold.

This is in relation to placing the individual in to direct social care (nursing/care home).
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Edit : I'm not sure - but Greebo has mentioned it now covers in house care and not just care home costs?

So that quote from the BBC is just wrong then for the current situation I guess
 
It does beg the question, what happens if one parent dies in care, with the other parent and one or more children still living in the family home (which is becoming increasingly common because of housing costs)?
 
UTmaniac said:
It does beg the question, what happens if one parent dies in care, with the other parent and one or more children still living in the family home (which is becoming increasingly common because of housing costs)?
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From the Age Uk site

Does my home have to be included in the means test?
In some situations, your home won’t be taken into account in the means test. There are a few circumstances where this applies:

  • If you need temporary or short-term care only, your home won’t be included in the means test.

Your home also won’t be counted if it’s still occupied by:


  • your partner or former partner, unless they are estranged from you
  • your estranged or divorced partner IF they are also a lone parent
  • a relative who is aged 60 or over
  • a child of yours aged under 18
  • a relative who is disabled.
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So it won't be counted if your partner is still in the house, but it will if its just grown up children
 
McBain said:
Yeah, I mean you're taxed throughout your life so you may as well get bent over when you die as well.
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You can't take it with you... really don't see why we don't tax wealth more.

I also don't see the issue here - frankly I suspect some of the criticism is simply because it is being proposed by the Tories. Someone has to pay for this care and if the people receiving it are wealthy then why should they expect others to foot the bill.
 
dowie said:
You can't take it with you... really don't see why we don't tax wealth more.

I also don't see the issue here - frankly I suspect some of the criticism is simply because it is being proposed by the Tories. Someone has to pay for this care and if the people receiving it are wealthy then why should they expect others to foot the bill.
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Not really, as Labour got slammed when they proposed a Death Tax and that was just a 15% levy on your estate....let alone all of it apart from £100k

And Tory supporters went ape **** over that proposal
 
Freakbro said:
Not really, as Labour got slammed when they proposed a Death Tax and that was just a 15% levy on your estate....let alone all of it apart from £100k
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not by me... I'm in favour of increasing taxation on wealth and consumption rather than penalising people who directly contribute towards economic growth via increased income taxes
 
dowie said:
not by me... I'm in favour of increasing taxation on wealth and consumption rather than penalising people who directly contribute towards economic growth via increased income taxes
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Well I think you're going to get that too...
 
dowie said:
not by me... I'm in favour of increasing taxation on wealth and consumption rather than penalising people who directly contribute towards economic growth via increased income taxes
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Yea, I'm not arguing against that per se, just your assertion that it's only getting complaints (on here) because it's the Tories.

Let's see tomorrows headlines in the papers to see if the Tories get an easy time over this or not...
 
Freakbro said:
Yea, I'm not arguing against that per se, just your assertion that it's only getting complaints (on here) because it's the Tories.

Let's see tomorrows headlines in the papers to see if the Tories get an easy time over this or not...
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my comment relates to posts on here not the papers
 
UTmaniac said:
It does beg the question, what happens if one parent dies in care, with the other parent and one or more children still living in the family home (which is becoming increasingly common because of housing costs)?
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Exactly my thoughts. Not seen the detail but you would assume if the person was the legal owner in the care home who died, the house would then have to be sold to settle the debt?
 
I still dont get why this change is needed anyway. We have a spare £350 million a week that can go towards the NHS and social care costs. Why do they need to raise more money from the people???
 
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