Sister says brothers planned false ‘Fair Deal’ claim

A sister claims one of her brothers planned to falsify an application on behalf of their elderly mother for the government’s “Fair Deal” scheme for nursing home costs, the High Court has heard.

The sister wants the High Court to refuse two of her younger brothers power of attorney over the financial affairs of their 81-year-old mother who suffers from dementia and is in a nursing home part-funded by the scheme.

The brothers deny there was any attempt to falsify the application and argue everything was in their mother’s best interests.