photo credit: ePi.Longo  There are occasions when an elderley person is discharged from hospital straight into a Care Home setting. As a Financial Adviser who works in the sector I get a call saying  ‘Help’ because finances all need sorting out to pay the Care Home Bills.

The thing is,  sometimes this needn’t happen.

The NHS is obliged to provide ‘Continuing Care’ for those whose care needs go beyond a certain level of healthcare.

Obviously, the NHS are watching the pennies so quite often requests for Continuing Care are declined, sometimes wrongly. And that’s only the people who ask, many people won’t even find out about it, or will assume that they won’t qualify because surely the hospital would have told them…

Anyway, I can help to a certain extent, in that I ask every client if they have applied for Continuing Care and I’d encourage them to ask, even if it’s a long shot.

However, there are some specialists in this field – Paladin Continuing Healthcare Specialists – www.paladinchs.com

Paladin are Anne Reed and Jeanette Roberts. Jeanette is a Solicitor, Anne used to be a nurse and became a solicitor. Together they are experts on NHS Continuing Care and will know whether you should recieve it, or not, and if they think you should receive it, they will help you obtain it.

So, if in doubt, contact them, they are very approachable and will be happy to discuss your situation.