Good afternoon all
Can anyone give me some examples or otherwise help me get my head round what is meant by care that is only or is more than "incidental and ancillary" to the need for accommodation? It is taken from the NHS guidelines on continuing care. My interpretation is that a gentle reminder to eat, take medication, have a bath with support etc is incidental and ancillary, but full-scale care for a dementia sufferer who is immobile, unable to move at all, needs to be fed, is doubly incontinent and who cannot communicate in any way is way beyond this. Your thoughts and examples would help me greatly.
Thanks
You are right, but the NHS and LAs have colluded for many years to flout the law and refuse Continuing Care funding for people whose needs are clearly more than incidental and ancillary to their need for accommodation. People with dementia are, in particular, exploited and forced to pay for nursing care which should be provided free by the NHS. Those with no relatives to speak for them are seen as easy targets to have their homes and savings taken from them.