Care Home Claims in the Media
£250,000 victory for war vet
The family of a war veteran suffering from Alzheimer’s has won more than £250,000 from the NHS for nursing home fees he should never have been charged.
The payout, which is believed to be the biggest of its kind, was awarded to relatives of Leslie Terry, 86, whose home was sold to pay for his £3,500-a-month care.
Despite being totally immobile – he has not been out of bed for four years – and in need of constant nursing, Mr Terry was denied funding under the NHS’s “Continuing Care” scheme.
Beryl wins fight over care costs
A devoted wife has won her battle with health bosses over her dementia-stricken husband’s care costs.
Beryl Atkinson was left paying hundreds of pounds a week after the NHS said it would no longer meet the full amount of husband Hector’s care at Willowdene Nursing Home, in Hebburn.
Mrs Atkinson, 68, from South Shields, has spent the last year challenging that decision.
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