I don't remember it being so Diasi. Mum was on the high AA and that helped but that isn't income related and then the doctor wrote a letter for her. She had been diagnosed several years previously. She never knew of course; at that stage she would have been mortified.
In the same way other conditions can have added expense mental health problems certainly do. Even a lock which can be opened from the outside when the keys are left in on the inside is expensive and I suppose putting such things in does save the cost of the police coming out to break in for the ambulance people - well it does once you've found these things exist
We also had a lot of aids that were connected to a hub which could ring me if mum fell - and fall alarms are personalised so more expensive or if she was out of bed for a long period. Mum had to pay the council for these so perhaps they are thinking of these. I go back to simplicity with that though. One part of the council was charging for them and another giving her Council Tax benefit.
People with Altziemer's can be very expensive I think - wandering, calling out ambulances, etc., but we never had those challenges. It's just not joined up. No one has looked at better interim housing that has more care on hand - except in the private sector and it would be too expensive for a huge percentage of people.
I am going to see her tomorrow and it is lovely to see her safe and cared for. She wanted to stay at home and I managed until I was told she would be better with 24 hour care. It's very difficult but it got to the stage where it was not really our decision which seemed very odd but really helped.