Nursing care

Elderly woman and daughter

If you or a relative is in a nursing home because of physical or mental health needs, you may be paying fees that should have been funded by the NHS.

Hugh James are expert in assisting people to recover nursing home fees.

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Paying for care homes

It is a common misconception that people in care homes automatically have to pay for their own care.

Every person needing long-term care, because they are ill, should be individually assessed for their medical and health needs first and not their ability to pay.

If the primary reason a person is in a nursing home is because of their health and nursing care needs, the NHS are responsible for the care home fees.

However, around half of Britain’s 440,000 care home residents are self funding their care home fees. With nursing home fees being an average of £500 - £700 per week, the cost can escalate into thousands of pounds.

Your first step is to talk to specialist solicitors who can advise you on how to proceed

If you have been paying nursing home fees and feel that you may be eligible for reimbursement contact our friendly and approachable team today. We will help you find out if you have a valid claim.

The NHS Continuing Healthcare package may be available to you if your requirement for care is down to health related problems. Find out more on our information pages about NHS Continuing Healthcare and Capital Limits (when you are not eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare).

Hugh James nursing care experience

The Hugh James nursing care team is regarded as one of the leading firm of solicitors who has a experience and specialist team in the niche area of continuing healthcare.

It is a specialist service offered by Hugh James to represent individuals (or the estate of those who have died) in challenging current and retrospective decisions to refuse NHS funded continuing healthcare to long-term nursing home residents. We currently act for over 2000 clients from both England and Wales, including instructions on behalf of elderly people in care homes, hospital and estates. In the last 30 months, we have successfully recovered over £9 million in wrongly paid nursing home fee, as well as saving of future fees.

The team give presentations widely on the subject of continuing care, especially to the voluntary sector including Alzheimer’s Society and Age Concern. The solicitors in the team are also supervising solicitors for the Cardiff Law School pro bono scheme in continuing healthcare and a member of Solicitors for the Elderly.

Hugh James were the solicitors involved in the publicized case of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales report criticising Cardiff Local Health Board’s decision not to fund nursing home fees in the case of Mrs Eileen Puc; successful reimbursement of nursing home fees for Mrs Hilda Atkinson and Mr Harry Denham and Mrs Marjorie Eyton-Jones.

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