Homes of the elderly and vulnerable are being taken by
local authorities to pay for residential care bills. Deferred Payment
Agreements (DFA) see elderly people hand over their properties to councils
which then hold the homes as collateral and cover costs on their behalf. The
homes can then be legally seized by the council once a person dies, to cover
their debts. According to early NHS figures, 55 councils have taken part in the
scheme with 2,895 DFAs currently in place. There are around 400,000 people
living in care homes across the country with bills costing people and their
families a fortune. Plans to introduce a cap on social care costs this year
have been delayed by the Government until 2020, amid fears over how councils
could fund the move. Read more on the Daily Mail website.
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