As government support came too late, the man faced losing his home to pay for the care

n Essex The man who has just entered the nursing home is at risk of losing his life savings and property because the new government support came too late to help him.

David Gunson, 75, from Westcliff-on-Sea, faces a bill of approximately £57,000 a year after moving into a new home due to a stroke two years ago.

Mr. Gunson was British Gas He has accumulated savings throughout his career, but before having to sell his house, he only has enough money to pay for two years of care.

“When he lived alone [in] In mid-June, he fell and broke his hip. He had an operation and then went to the rehabilitation ward, but he felt unsafe going home again,” said his 68-year-old sister Ambek.

“I had to find a nursing home-the average price of care in the area was around £1,000 to £1,600,” she told PA News Agency.

“The moral of this story is flower, flower, flower.”

New plan announced Boris Johnson On Tuesday, starting from October 2023, the cost of lifetime care will be capped at £86,000.

Mr. Gunson’s sister worried that it would be too late to prevent him from having to sell his property.

“It will not help us, but it will help others,” she said.

Ms. Baker who lives nearby Southend on the Sea She said that because the government suspended the “triple lock-in” protection of pension income, she felt that she seemed to have been hit by a double blow from Tuesday’s announcement.

This measure is the government’s guarantee that the pension will increase according to income, inflation or 2.5%, the highest rate, but it has now been shelved for a year.

Due to the sudden change in the national pension age, Ms. Baker is one of millions of women-known as the Wasp Women (women who oppose national pension inequality)-who have lost their pensions for many years.