By Lisa Morgan Care home fees are already alarmingly high, but Labour’s Budget is likely to see them climb even higher, writes Lisa Morgan Mrs Thomas was 87 years old when she died in a care home, having developed Alzheimer’s eight years prior. She spent 11 years in care, and the crippling costs which rose year after year led to her exhausting her savings of over £250,000. She had to sell her beloved family home to continue funding her care – a monthly burden of £2,500. Mrs Thomas’s children, Sarah and John, were not informed about the option of applying for Continuing Healthcare. Known as CHC…