Joint Home Owners, One Needs To Go Into Care

[bond]

Hello, I understand that the government will take away your home if you live alone and need to go into a care home due to ill health to pay for it , but if you live with a friend (ie not married or recognised partnership) and jointly own the property and one needs to go into a home (the friend cannot cope) what happens then? is the healthy person still entitled to live in the property outright?

[boxtops]

I believe so, they can't make a joint owner sell up.

I also don't think the govt can actually take away your home if you are sole occupier, but they can make you sell it to pay for the fees. I may be wrong.

[Buenchico]

To save you a bit of googling, here's the leaflet which Kay refers to:
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Factsheets/FS38_Treatment_of_property_in_the_means_test_for_permanent_care_home_provision_fcs.pdf?dtrk=true
(Age Concern has now merged with Help the Aged, to become Age UK).

[factor-fiction]

Hello again, Kaypar. This is a topic on which I know you have considerable experience

[factor-fiction]

I remember all of your previous threads on care home fees and other subjects. I'm sorry to hear about your father