Hello,
I moved in to my mum’s flat to be her carer about 7 years ago. My marriage was ending and it seemed a solution to help us both at the time However she has had a few falls recently and has now ended up in hospital. There is some talk of her being unable to return home. It is a bit up in the air at the moment. I always wanted to continue to care for her at home, but there is an ongoing risk of her falling and next time she could ‘break her neck’, we have been told. The question is for me whether I will end up homeless if she goes into a home and they want to take her property to pay for her care. I am 58, earning part time money supplemented by Carer’s allowance. I am in the process of a divorce at the moment and eventually I should get some money from the sale of the family home, but not sufficient to buy another property and pay all the bills. Does anyone know if I have any rights to remain in my mum’s flat?
I am extremely upset about my mum’s health situation, but with the additional insecurity of my future position, it is becoming very hard to hold it together at the moment.
Thanks
Diane
I moved in to my mum’s flat to be her carer about 7 years ago. My marriage was ending and it seemed a solution to help us both at the time However she has had a few falls recently and has now ended up in hospital. There is some talk of her being unable to return home. It is a bit up in the air at the moment. I always wanted to continue to care for her at home, but there is an ongoing risk of her falling and next time she could ‘break her neck’, we have been told. The question is for me whether I will end up homeless if she goes into a home and they want to take her property to pay for her care. I am 58, earning part time money supplemented by Carer’s allowance. I am in the process of a divorce at the moment and eventually I should get some money from the sale of the family home, but not sufficient to buy another property and pay all the bills. Does anyone know if I have any rights to remain in my mum’s flat?
I am extremely upset about my mum’s health situation, but with the additional insecurity of my future position, it is becoming very hard to hold it together at the moment.
Thanks
Diane