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Originally Posted by Cherie

that seems like a long list of excuses to me than more anything else, if people have a good relationship with their parents and they needed care for a few weeks post op which seems to be one of the main reasons for bed blocking in the the NHS, I am sure a lot of people could work around it, particularly if it is a two parent family unit, not everyone has to up sticks and move, just one adult would do for starters, and if it is only for a matter of weeks, not a permanent arrangement it is doable, as Smudgie said it is up to the individual what they want to sacrifice but it seems to be a lot of people don't want to sacrifice anything they want the state to pick up "because they have paid in".

Surely when I said, "They are in a relationship and have a mortgage that requires two full time salaries. They have an established business". It was obvious I wasn't talking about just few weeks?! Social care is often a permanent thing and therefore, from what I said, I was meaning on a permanent basis.