I’m expected to pay for mum’s care so my nephew can live almost rent-free

Mo is concerned his sister isn’t using their mum’s savings right (Picture: Getty Images)

Care home funding is one of the most emotionally loaded financial issues a family can face, smashing money and morality together in an often brutal way.

But when an attorney is managing the money of a relative who lacks capacity, there is one legal duty that outranks every family wish: acting in that person’s best interests.

This week’s Money Problem comes from Mo, 49, from Wiltshire, who’s worried his sister thinks of the family home as an asset for her son’s personal use rather than a resource for their elderly mum’s care.

He asked Metro consumer champi...