Carer's funding

I had a case who has an aggressive brain turmor
making good progress but it took a turn over
Christmas. He was then admitted to a hospice and
he is now palliative and his funding has also
been transferred to NHS. I will exlpain this aspect
later about the two different channels of funding- NHS & Social Services

The interesting bit was were the funding for his wife,
his informal carer, comes from when the cared for is
funded through health. I did not have enough time
to look up the legislations but the managers said it is a very
grey area. You would think it will also be funded by health
but it is the local authorities assessing the carer's needs
and also assisting with provision of carers' services, that is where
the complication lays in cases like above. I still do not have the answer....