Care home fees

MIL died during Covid, there was enough money in her account to pay for her care for a few months (£1400 per week) we were told that we would have to sell her house to pay for the fees after that date.

My Sister in law provided proof that we had instructed an Estate Agent to sell the property, she also had to sign a legal contract to say that she would all be liable for the fees until the house sold.
Once the house sold we had to pay the amount owing back to the home, it meant that we sold it fairly cheaply as we had the fees to pay, but it sold fairly quickly considering it was during Covid.

I’m assuming they have been put in the position of people dying and no one has paid the outstanding bill.

As your mother owns her own house and has savings, I believe she/you will be liable for the fees. Does she have a care worker through social services? They will be able to advise on this. We had to pay the fees for my mother when we were in a similar situation, but it was a few years ago and am not sure what the latest rules are. Hope you get some help for this and wish you all the best. It's not an easy decision to make, I know.