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The impact of the living wage on our care homes

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As the living wage comes into force care home owners will be faced with a huge challenge in how they manage the direct impact to which this will have on their business and profit and loss accounts.

Wages are one of the largest expenses for a Care home and with councils being forced to manage with less money from the government there will be a knock on effect over the next period of time.

I envisage 3 things changing:

  1. Care homes will be forced to look at ways to down size and maybe that will not be a bad option to consider to more boutique homes for the aging population. Its the advice I would be giving my client and sooner rather than later to get ahead of the curve.
  2. People will consider living together entering old age in one property  with a live in carer. All individuals responsible for jobs around the house which would help those avoid isolation and with a carer on side for as and when needed.
  3. and….more and more of the baby boomer generation will start to consider  having mum or dad live with them. There will be a cost to this both emotionally and financially.

If you choose to all live together and sell your main homes there is no Capital Gains Tax on the sale of your own home.

If you have mum or dad live with you there will be some considerations for you all to make especially making sure your home is safe especially if in later life they are diagnosed with dementia!

Think about that and the consequences involved

 

Residential Care Homes- Staying clued up!!

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Residential Care Homes-  Staying clued up!!

cover3When you spend time with your loved ones, it is often the time when you suddenly realise that they’re changing. It’s not just a bit of forgetfulness; whole episodes in your shared experiences have vanished.

It can be tempting to ignore it and hope it will just go away or write it off as ‘old age. It can be hard to imagine what life will be like as your loved one gradually forgets everything about you and your shared life.

Despite all your efforts, if a care home is on the cards, take a leaf out of this book and gain some insight into what you need to understand and what questions you need to ask in order to make sure you stay on top of the situation before it’s too late and you are riddled with guilt.

Transparency is key and any good reputable care home will embrace these questions.

From the Author- Jane Cooper

Choosing a CARE HOME is not a decision that should be taken lightly. Some of these questions would not even have crossed your mind because in this whole journey, we lose our energy, confidence and ability to cope and can be only too grateful and believe that someone else knows what is best for us and our loved one.

In that exhausting process we can find ourselves at our wits end as we forget  to manage those individuals effectively and fail to ask those very important questions we need answers to as our brain floods with despair.

The insights and questions in this book will, prepare you for what you may come up against and or situations that have the potential to be presented to you.
From my own personal experience I wish I knew what to ask for example:

  1. Are these the same carer staff that work here in the day time the same care staff that work here at night or are they agency staff?
  2. Do the G P’s that visit this home prescribe anti-psychotic medication and do you understand what effect they have on your loved one?
  3. Where is the day care book kept and do you have access to it at all times?

I did not know that the care home employed agency night staff and nor did anyone at the care home seem to believe that it was appropriate to tell me either.”

Care is very expensive. We all hear on the news today the bad press that some care homes receive. Make sure you obtain the answers to your questions in order that you understand how the care home operates. There is no price tag on having “piece of mind”
It is not enough to just find a care home, abdicate without questioning nor understanding what takes place there, with whom and when.

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How care aware are you?

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CARE AWARE

In todays society amd from personal experience, I know how difficult it can be to decide what to do when a loved one is taken ill or diagnosed with chronic disease and the impact it can have on day to day running of your business.

The benefit of my experience is that I know what questions need to be asked to ensure YOU make the best decisions and what to consider, plan and structure for in the changing times ahead in regards to those old age problems and rising Care Costs. 

THIS NEW service “CARE AWARE” covers various topics such as:

  • Considerations of what you may have to prepare for when older family members need help and how it may affect you and or your business.
  • Health- Social Care – It’s impact.
    know the difference.
  • Lasting Power of Attorney Finance & Health & Wealth fare
  • The importance of making a will.
  • Considering A Care Home, Ask the right questions.
  • How to manage and cope and structure for changing times ahead when dealing with loved ones who are losing or have lost Mental Capacity.