Laura Corin Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 This story was discussed before on the board, so I'm posting this update. Briton jailed over plot to abandon American with dementia in UK https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/30/man-jailed-over-plot-to-dump-us-man-with-dementia-in-hereford?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard Here's a previous article https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/38799612/roger-curry-mystery-of-abandoned-man-with-dementia-solved 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I remember this case. Poor man, how frightening to be abandoned like that. Thank you for the update. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Whoa. I missed that the first go around, I guess. What a strange case and how horrible. The son should absolutely be prosecuted too (which I guess he is being) but it also makes me angry that care in the US is so poor that so many people are at the whim of horrible relatives like that. I assume if we had an NHS, he wouldn't have bothered with this terrible scheme. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Farrar said: Whoa. I missed that the first go around, I guess. What a strange case and how horrible. The son should absolutely be prosecuted too (which I guess he is being) but it also makes me angry that care in the US is so poor that so many people are at the whim of horrible relatives like that. I assume if we had an NHS, he wouldn't have bothered with this terrible scheme. The NHS covers health but not social care. You have to pay out of pocket for a care home until your savings are reduced, then the state steps in. My mother sold her house and bought a specialist annuity which covers her care home fees for life. Children are not liable for parents' expenses, but there's a look back to make sure that assets are not transferred to children specifically to give the responsibility to other taxpayers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonflower Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 seems pretty strange, why not just abandon him in the US? (not that I condone abandoning your elderly parents, of course, but people do it all the time here and leave them to the care of the state, such as it is) did they think he'd be better off in the UK or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 minute ago, moonflower said: seems pretty strange, why not just abandon him in the US? (not that I condone abandoning your elderly parents, of course, but people do it all the time here and leave them to the care of the state, such as it is) did they think he'd be better off in the UK or something? I don't know this case, but my first thought was they were going to continue to collect his social security. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, moonflower said: seems pretty strange, why not just abandon him in the US? (not that I condone abandoning your elderly parents, of course, but people do it all the time here and leave them to the care of the state, such as it is) did they think he'd be better off in the UK or something? I've always assumed that they thought that the UK would be less likely to trace the father and prosecute the son. In fact, they almost got away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 39 minutes ago, moonflower said: seems pretty strange, why not just abandon him in the US? (not that I condone abandoning your elderly parents, of course, but people do it all the time here and leave them to the care of the state, such as it is) did they think he'd be better off in the UK or something? I figured they thought NHS would take care of him. Maybe they couldn't afford to take care of him here. 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I have to wonder what the mother thought was happening to him when she and son flew on without him.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 On 4/30/2019 at 5:19 PM, Laura Corin said: The NHS covers health but not social care. You have to pay out of pocket for a care home until your savings are reduced, then the state steps in. My mother sold her house and bought a specialist annuity which covers her care home fees for life. Children are not liable for parents' expenses, but there's a look back to make sure that assets are not transferred to children specifically to give the responsibility to other taxpayers. Just curious, how many years back is the lookback in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 What a despicable group of human garbage those dumpers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Reefgazer said: Just curious, how many years back is the lookback in the UK? It's based on the individual's intention. If you make the transfer when you are fit and well, then the state disregards it. So if I transferred capital today and had a stroke tomorrow with no warning signs, the state would not claim the capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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