Care homes selling dead residents' possessions and keeping the cash, watchdog warns Care homes are selling dead residents' possessions and keeping the cash, the Competition and Markets Authority has warned.
The watchdog said some homes have contracts including a clause which allows them to sell a deceased person's things after they die and not return the proceeds to their families or executors.
In a document published on Friday it said it had "seen terms" in some contracts which allowed homes to "dispose" of a person's possessions "without providing adequate notice to the estate of its intention to do so" and "without setting out that any monies received from the sale of possessions, minus reasonable expenses, should be returned to the resident’s estate or their personal representatives, within a reasonable time frame". The Daily Telegraph
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The watchdog said some homes have contracts including a clause which allows them to sell a deceased person's things after they die and not return the proceeds to their families or executors.
In a document published on Friday it said it had "seen terms" in some contracts which allowed homes to "dispose" of a person's possessions "without providing adequate notice to the estate of its intention to do so" and "without setting out that any monies received from the sale of possessions, minus reasonable expenses, should be returned to the resident’s estate or their personal representatives, within a reasonable time frame". The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- Care Homes for the elderly – charging fees after death (consultation) Competition and Markets Authority
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