Dealing With A Deceased Resident’s Debt
A frequent issue for care home operators arises when they need to make financial claims for outstanding fees when a resident dies.
Katarina Morgan, Associate Solicitor in our Commercial Litigation department, explores how care home operators might handle these situations in her latest article for The Carer.
“An issue which frequently arises for care home operators is when they need to make a financial claim against the estate of a deceased resident for unpaid or outstanding fees. This can be complicated if the former resident was married but most of their assets are tied up in the marital home which their spouse still lives in. Another common situation is where there are insufficient funds left in the estate and the former resident would have qualified for Local Authority funding had they survived…”
To read Katarina’s full article, visit The Carer Issue 233 here: https://issuu.com/thecarer/docs/the_carer_digital_-_issue_233?fr=sYTc2ZjgzNDk1NjY
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