Funding your domiciliary care

Funding your Domiciliary care

As many people are choosing to remain in the comfort of their own home and seeking the services of home care providers, it is often difficult to know where to start finding ways to fund your care. We have outlined below some of the key ways of funding, to discuss further please call one of our dedicated team.

Individual Budgets

What is an Individual Budget? The Government wants to give people more choice and control over the public services that they receive. They have asked all local authorities to work towards offering Individual Budgets to everyone who is eligible for a service.

• Individual Budgets will involve you more, right from the start of the assessment process.
• Individual Budgets give you more choice and control over how money is used for your social care and support. It's your choice to choose which care company provides your support, talk to us on 01469 532139.
• Individual Budgets tells you exactly how much money is available to spend on the care and support you need.
• Individual Budgets brings together money from different places such as:
• Local Authority
• Supporting People
• Independent Living Fund
• Your own money

Public Funding – Social Services

A health and social care assessment is carried out by social services to find out what help and support you need - like healthcare, equipment, help in your home or residential care.
Services can include:

• home care help with things like cleaning and shopping
• disability equipment and adaptations to your home
• day centres to give you or the person who cares for you a break

Find out more about funding your care at the www.gov.uk/apply-needs-assessment-social-services website

Direct Payments

Direct Payments are cash payments given to service users in lieu of community care services they have been assessed as needing, and are intended to give users greater choice in their care. The payment must be sufficient to enable the service user to purchase services to meet their eligible needs, and must be spent on services that meet eligible needs. Find out more about Direct Payments at the www.gov.uk/apply-direct-payments

Personal Budgets

A cash payments given to service users in lieu of community care services they have been assessed as needing, and are intended to give users greater choice in their care. The payment must be sufficient to enable the service user to purchase services to meet their eligible needs, and must be spent on services that meet eligible needs. Find out more about the Independent living fund at the www.gov.uk/independent-livingfund website

Private funding

If you are choosing to pay for care privately yourself, you can talk to our team who can arrange an initial meeting to discuss your needs. Charges are usually based on 1/2hr and hourly rates, so we can accommodate a wide range of requirements.

Useful sites and contacts

North Lincolnshire Council 'Paying to live in a care home' Click here Paying for Care.org is a non for profit company helping to understand paying for care Click here United Kingdom Home Care Association Click here