# Daughter awarded £127,500 from mother’s estate for dementia care at home

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/daughter-who-cared-for-her-dementia-hit-mother-at-home-for-more-than-two-years-is-awarded-127000-from-her-estate-after-legal-battle-with-brother/
- Published: 2026-10-26T16:02:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T16:21:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16239157/Daughter-cared-dementia-hit-mother-home-two-years-awarded-127-000-estate-legal-battle-brother.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Bern Rogers won £127,500 for caring for her mother at home.
- The award covers 850 days of care.
- The ruling may affect future claims against estates.

## Summary

Bern Rogers has been awarded £127,500 from her late mother’s estate for providing care at home for two and a half years. The High Court found she was owed payment after evidence that her mother wanted her care to be paid for, a decision experts say could influence disputes over unpaid family care.

Sheila Wills, who had dementia and was one of nine children’s mother, chose to live with Rogers rather than pay for professional care. Rogers initially took £100,000 from her mother’s account after her death and was acquitted of theft and fraud; she later sued the estate’s executor, her brother, for £135,000. The award covers 850 days of care, and the estate had said it would appeal.

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