Legal assistance with informal care and subsidies

Questioner

My elder is blind and my stepfather is in an electric wheelchair due to a muscular disease. They need a lot of help. They live in my stepfather's house which has already been completely adapted. They live downstairs where a wheelchair-friendly shower and kitchen have been built. With a hoist on the ceiling and a special toilet. Now the upper floor is empty, there is a shower cubicle, toilet, three bedrooms and an attic room. A perfect place for me, because I am already with them the most. Only then they will lose everything, their home care, subsidies and all that kind of thing. It is crooked. Isn't there a way around it so that I can just live there. They will need me more, so I will be with them more.

Lawyer

If you live in a house with more than one person, the municipality may reduce subsidies. The costs of a co-resident will be reduced.

Questioner

You mean it. I just said that here. Well that wouldn't be such a big problem I would like to pay board and lodging myself. No problem but the biggest problem is that they would lose their home care and all that kind of stuff.

Lawyer

I apologize for my earlier comment. It was not meant that way. How your parents' income changes due to a co-resident depends on their income. May I assume that they do not receive social assistance now that you write that they own a home? If your parents receive AOW, this will not be reduced by you living with them as a Caregiver. Your parents' health care allowance will also not be reduced by a co-resident. Unfortunately, living in has consequences for personal budgets, for example. Depending on the municipality, the consequences for you or your parents may be different. I would be happy to put the consequences on paper for you without any obligation.

Questioner

I will present this to them. I am also very happy that you are willing to put the consequences on paper for me without obligation. So thank you very much and when I have discussed it with them I will of course respond immediately.