Sheffield care home charges could bankrupt us, says husband

Mr Stone said private care companies were taking advantage of self-funded care home users following councils’ underfunding.

“So we are hit twice – the first time I have to pay my taxes and the second time I have to pay more than the local authority pays. I think it’s terribly unfair,” he said.

“All of this hurts, the emotional pain is terrifying going through all of this.”

He added that he wants to make it easier for people like his wife to access financial support to help pay for care.

NHS South Yorkshire said it had a robust assessment process when it came to determining what funding people were eligible for and that all decisions were quality assured by a senior healthcare professional.

It also said it had an appeals process for people who are not satisfied with the outcome of the assessment.

A spokesman for Roseberry Care Centers said: “Unfortunately, the decisions to change our rates have had to be made to reflect the increased costs facing the whole industry and indeed the country, including higher prices at energy and food and the national minimum wage and the national wage. The living wage is going up.”

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