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Most people in the UK, including the majority of people in Scotland,
believe that Scotland offers FREE CARE
to its pensioners. They believe that people who go into
residential homes do not lose their house!
WRONG!
This is pure spin doctoring!
The true situation, at present, in
Scotland is:
Elderly people in residential homes qualify
for support of £145 per week for personal care and £65 per week
for nursing care. But further support for living and housing
costs is means-tested.
Pensioners with assets of £19,500 or more -
including the value of their home - do not
receive any assistance and those with capital between
£11,500 and £19,000 are expected to make a partial contribution.
That can mean people have to sell their house to find the money
required.
There is now the option of a Deferred Payment
Agreement, which means the property is signed over to the
council but not sold until after the owner has died. Then the
council will take what is owing to them! The family of the
older person still lose their inheritance!
So please believe that
FREE CARE
is not all that it seems to be! | 
