The Fair Deal will have implications for your income and assets when you apply for it. In the case of single applicantโs, you can expect to contribute 80% of your net income and 7.5% of your assets including your Home. If you are part of a couple you will be paying 40% of your combined income and 3.75% of your combined assets including your Home. Every applicantโs circumstances can be different and how the Fair […]
When the time comes for you or a family member or friend to become a Resident in a Nursing Home it is very important that you understand the different fees and charges that may apply. Often this is a stressful time and it is easy to make mistakes or to under estimate the cost of care that you will end up paying. In this article I will highlight the main fees that you are likely […]
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ? ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐บ– ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง Fairdealadvice.ie ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐บ. In an insightful discussion about Older Care, Nursing Homes and the Fair Deal Scheme, broadcast on Newstalkโs Between the Lines programme, last Saturday (18th […]
Completing the application form for the Nursing Home Support Scheme/Fair Deal can be a complicated process and errors and or omissions can have serious consequences for the applicants and their families. In my work at Fair Deal Advice we often have Clients engaging our services to help untangle and correct the consequences of incorrectly completed application forms. This has often resulted in over and under payment of the Applicant’s contribution towards the cost of care. […]
In my work running Fairdealadvice.ie, I am regularly engaged by clients to help resolve issues with Fair Deal/Nursing Home Support Scheme applications that have been submitted incorrectly. These errors have resulted in excessive contributions been taken by the HSE from applicants or under payments by the recipient sometimes for protracted periods before the errors have been discovered. While we can recover over payments for our clients, we often are engaged by clients to help resolve […]