It can be overwhelming to try to navigate the UK’s health care and social care systems, especially if you are worried about your wellbeing or that of a friend or family member.
The health and social care systems work with each other but include multiple departments and professional bodies. It can be very difficult to understand which department or body is responsible for making decisions and providing services.
How can our health and social care solicitors help?
We can help you to understand your legal entitlement under the relevant legislation, challenge decisions and ensure your best interests are protected. If there is a dispute over which agency should be providing or funding services we can advise.
Our health and social care solicitors will take the time to get to know you and understand your situation to ensure that the advice they provide is tailored to your individual needs.
We are experienced in dealing with a wide variety of cases; however complex your matter, we will be on hand to help. Some of our recent cases have involved:
- Challenging a Local Authority care package to increase the care provision for a disabled young adult
- Assisting a family to recover top up payments made to a care home, which should have been funded by the local authority under mental health legislation
- Helping a family whose disabled child was transitioning from children’s services to adult services to understand the financial implications
Care funding
One of the main areas of concern for our clients and their families is how care is funded. We also find that often we are the first port of call when people are looking for guidance.
We can put you in touch with organisations that provide:
- Domiciliary care
- Retirement accommodation
- Sheltered housing
- Companionship services
- Gardeners, cleaners or any organisation that can help to organise care or assistance at home which might mean that our clients can stay at home a little longer
We can also provide you with names of financial advisers that we regularly work with and who we know to be experts in the care funding arena.
We can advise you on the way in which care is funded, and whether or not you are likely to have to fund your own care or if you might receive assistance from the local authority. We will also make sure that you know which benefits you could be entitled to, as this is often overlooked.
If you are looking into care homes, it’s important to make sure you choose the right home for your future. We can advise you on this process.
It can be overwhelming to try to navigate the UK’s health care and social care systems, especially if you are worried about your wellbeing or that of a friend or family member.
The health and social care systems work with each other but include multiple departments and professional bodies. It can be very difficult to understand which department or body is responsible for making decisions and providing services.
How can our health and social care solicitors help?
We can help you to understand your legal entitlement under the relevant legislation, challenge decisions and ensure your best interests are protected. If there is a dispute over which agency should be providing or funding services we can advise.
Our health and social care solicitors will take the time to get to know you and understand your situation to ensure that the advice they provide is tailored to your individual needs.
We are experienced in dealing with a wide variety of cases; however complex your matter, we will be on hand to help. Some of our recent cases have involved:
- Challenging a Local Authority care package to increase the care provision for a disabled young adult
- Assisting a family to recover top up payments made to a care home, which should have been funded by the local authority under mental health legislation
- Helping a family whose disabled child was transitioning from children’s services to adult services to understand the financial implications
Care funding
One of the main areas of concern for our clients and their families is how care is funded. We also find that often we are the first port of call when people are looking for guidance.
We can put you in touch with organisations that provide:
- Domiciliary care
- Retirement accommodation
- Sheltered housing
- Companionship services
- Gardeners, cleaners or any organisation that can help to organise care or assistance at home which might mean that our clients can stay at home a little longer
We can also provide you with names of financial advisers that we regularly work with and who we know to be experts in the care funding arena.
We can advise you on the way in which care is funded, and whether or not you are likely to have to fund your own care or if you might receive assistance from the local authority. We will also make sure that you know which benefits you could be entitled to, as this is often overlooked.
If you are looking into care homes, it’s important to make sure you choose the right home for your future. We can advise you on this process.
