“I am being investigated by OPG – What should I do?” If this applies to you, as OPG Investigation Specialist Solicitors, here are our Five Top tips if you receive a letter from the OPG 1. What should I do? Don’t Panic! The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) who are responsible for policing Attorneys, […]
What Happened To The Government Proposal For A Care Home Fees Cap?
The Governments promise to cap residential care fees has been broken – but you can still protect your savings if you need to go into care. A government health minister has admitted that social care reform will not take place in 2020, breaking a promise to protect people’s savings as they enter the care system. […]
Has your elderly relative recently gone into residential care but not received a bill?
Here’s why they could end up with a very large bill after the Covid-19 crisis ends And we explain what you need to do NOW to protect them During the Covid-19 crisis, the rules that normally govern care home funding have changed. If your relative is a self-funder – meaning they have more than £23,250 […]
How the new emergency powers affect Continuing Health Care
We explain how the Coronavirus Act has changed the rules and what you can do if your relative is denied care. Now that key parts of the Care Act 2014 have been suspended and the Coronavirus Act has been passed, the law relating to Continuing Health Care (CHC) has radically changed. This week, the team at […]
Coronavirus legislation ‘rips-up the care fees rule book’, say lawyers, with 15,000 patients set to be discharged from hospitals this week.
Paid nursing home care set to be made free during the coronavirus crisis 15,000 patients set to be discharged from hospital amid short-term care fees uncertainty Risk of a magnified postcode lottery for care fees as discretion left with individual councils The Government’s emergency legislation to deal with the coronavirus crisis appears to “rip-up the […]
Coronavirus – how one care home is protecting its vulnerable elderly residents
At Steene Law we specialise in providing care law advice for self-funders. Many of our clients are in residential care and because they are self-funders – meaning they have assets of more than £23,250 – they have to pay the higher rate care homes charge. We like to visit all our clients in their care […]
Continuing Health Care – if now is not the time to fix the injustice of poor elderly care, when is?
At this time of national crisis, the focus is very much on protecting the elderly. And yet, the ongoing scandal of NHS Continuing Health Care (CHC) continues and is in danger of being forgotten. This would be a travesty. Whilst, quite rightly, our focus is on protecting our elderly relatives from COVID-19, we need to […]
Whatever happened to the Government’s promise to “fix the crisis in social care”?
If your loved one is struggling to obtain a decent standard of social care, we tell you what you can do about it NOW When Boris Johnson stood on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street, he promised the nation he would fix the crisis in social care once and for all. He pledged, on […]
Fighting for Continuing Health Care funding?
Thinking of quoting ‘Coughlan’ in your battle for CHC? Think again! We explain why an internet search often leads to misleading CHC information It comes as quite a shock to many people, when they discover that social care is not free for everyone. Like most things in life, we only discover the real facts at […]
Shock report reveals 2,000 elderly people denied care assessments every day
We explain how social services could be acting unlawfully And we tell you what you can do about it At Steene Law, we were horrified – though sadly not surprised – to read Age UK’s report into the deplorable state of social care in this country. It is truly shocking that 2,000 older people’s requests […]