Nursing care
If you or a
relative are in a nursing home because of physical or mental
health needs, you may be paying fees that should have been funded
by the NHS.
Hugh James are expert in assisting
people in recovering nursing home fees.
Paying for care homes
It is a common
misconception that people in care homes automatically have to pay
for their own care.
Every person needing
long-term care, because they are ill, should be individually
assessed for their medical and health needs first and not their
ability to pay.
If the primary reason a
person is in a nursing home is because of their health and nursing
care needs, the NHS are responsible for the care home fees.
However, around half of
Britain’s 440,000 care home residents are self funding their care
home fees. With nursing home fees being an average of £500 - £700
per week, the cost can escalate into thousands of pounds.
Your first step is to
talk to specialist solicitors who can advise you on how to
proceed
If you have been paying
nursing home fees and feel that you may be eligible for
reimbursement contact our friendly and approachable team today. We
will help you find out if you have a valid claim.
The NHS Continuing
Healthcare package may be available to you if your
requirement for care is down to health related problems. Find out
more on our information pages about NHS Continuing
Healthcare and Capital Limits (when you are not eligible
for NHS Continuing Healthcare).
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Hugh James nursing care experience
The Hugh James nursing
care team is regarded as one of the leading firms of
solicitors with an experienced and specialist team in the
niche area of continuing healthcare.
It is a specialist
service offered by Hugh James to represent individuals (or the
estate of those who have died) in challenging current and
retrospective decisions to refuse NHS funded continuing healthcare
to long-term nursing home residents. We currently act for
over 2000 clients from both England and Wales, including
instructions on behalf of elderly people in care homes, hospital
and estates. In the last 30 months, we have successfully
recovered over £10 million in wrongly paid nursing home fee, as
well as saving of future fees.
The team give
presentations widely on the subject of continuing care, especially
to the voluntary sector including Alzheimer’s Society and Age
Concern. The solicitors in the team are also supervising solicitors
for the Cardiff
Law School pro bono scheme in continuing healthcare and a
member of Solicitors for the Elderly.
Hugh James were the
solicitors involved in the publicised case of the Public Services
Ombudsman for Wales report criticising Cardiff Local Health Board’s
decision not to fund nursing home fees in the case of Mrs Eileen
Puc; successful reimbursement of nursing home fees for Mrs Hilda
Atkinson and Mr Harry Denham and Mrs Marjorie Eyton-Jones.
Read some more of
our case
studies.
Contact
Lisa Morgan
Senior Associate
E lisa.morgan@hughjames.com
T 029 2022 4871
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