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Still I hear of relatives paying top up fees for people to be cared for in some care homes. This is when the fee is above the local authority given rate. According to reports, this practice is in some cases, illegal.(Morrison J 2013 The Guardian) with councils setting the rate even lower . Yet relatives and individuals, seeking such care , are in no position to fully explore this at the time.

Consider also- people already in care homes, who are then asked for  a top up, or to pay an increased top up.

The Government still insist- the private sector is nothing to do with them., See Who owns care homes? (Lenin 2013)

Issues can be raised with certain bodies  regarding private/charity run care homes, depending who pays for the care of the resident. The majority of people, including staff and nurses/managers, are unaware. For example, few are aware of the support of contracts compliance if LA funded- or that you can pay your private payment via the LA in order to secure this additional support. See article

internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=100319

1 Sep 2013 - However, it should be a priority of the care home to ensure that they are ... with information on the complains process, as Carol Dimon explains