I think it's sad when someone has to sell their home to pay for care, but at the end of the day you start with nothing and if you end with nothing as long as you're cared for that's the main thing.
Yes, people want to be able to pass something onto their kids, but I'd like an island in the carribean and my own personal racetrack but I don't have them! My Dad has Parkinsons - relatively early stages, but in the longer term likely to need a lot of support. Personally I don't care if I don't see a penny from my parents as long as they are taken care of in the best possible way.
The biggest dilemma that I see is if the other partner is still living in the house - not sure what they currently do then, as that wouldn't be right to take the house away and doom them to paying rent out of a pretty meagre pension.
And what is particularly unfair is that the system is different in different parts of the UK. Saw on the news the other day a nursing home nr England/Scotland border - Scottish pensioners had free care while the English ones had to sell their homes. The Scottish ones were really gloating about it as well - that would really pee you off!!
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