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I feel that bit is a different argument, in that I've always said that we put our old folk in a home and somehow diminish our responsibilty when doing so. I know both sexes work now, and looking after an elderly family member is a full time job, but I do think in SOME cases, people could be looking after their own at home, but there has never been any assessments to justify you breaking that ownership of family members. Some people shouldn't even be in hospital, they are taking up a bed, because a place in a home might not have been sought yet, yet there seems to be no obligations on the family home, I just find that weird as a social structure.

 

I don't know mate, but expect you are right.

 

I gotta vacate bro this **** just pusses me off

 

Yeh, board and oyher costs are not included.

 

So if you can afford it, you eat well. If you can't afford they give you a tin of spam.

 

Probably Corned beef as spam will be deemed too expensive for old poor people in ill health.

So.... Whens the protest?

 

Next General Election mate.

 

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The £86k cap takes also takes no account of the huge regional variations in the cost of care homes. So the Southerner will reach the cap limit well before the Northerner. Even the bloke who actually came up with calculation admits it’s completely unfair and he regrets penning it. Levelling up though.

 

Good shout, I hadn't considered that.

 

I honestly don’t understand why they pushed this through, it’s so obviously and basically flawed and it’s been pointed out as such by all sides of the house. Yet they ploughed on regardless, they could have easily corrected this and benefitted the treasury at the same time, but no. It’s hard to understand the mindset that drives **** like this tbh, it feels vengeful.

 

Then it probably is. The same ****ing pleb turkeys will vote for Christmas regardless.

 

Wasn't that hard after all!

 

This is where I get slightly confused. If you remove the board and lodgings element which could have a huge impact on costs due to house prices in the SE, surely the care element is the same, or should at least be, no matter where you live in the country?

Edit,
Just had another read and I’m being a little too simplistic in my interpretation

 

no as the cost of living for the staff is higher in the south .

 

Hopefully the Lords will torch it.

 

Is it. In my experience, this industry only offers minimum wage?

 

best of luck filling your vacancies then particularly with nursing staff .

 

I think the whole thing is wrong.

Also what happens if someone takes equity release in a property, spends it, then say two years later requires a care home, because surely then that reduces what the government can count as assets.

 

I think you are confusing care homes and nursing homes. My mum, who has dementia, lives in a care home. Believe me the staff in there are typically minimum wage