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Cost of Care / Dementia 8 Sep, 2021

How Much are Dementia Care Home Fees?

Care home fees for dementia care homes in the UK vary from around £1000 to more than £3000 per week. Care homes fees for dementia care in the UK have been increasing year on year by at least 5%. This is 0.5% higher than the average care home fee which has also increased by 5% …

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Cost of Care / Types of care 23 Sep, 2020

How Much Does a Care Home Cost?

There are over half a million people in the UK living in care homes with around half funding themselves and the other half receiving help from the local authority towards costs. With people living longer with each generation, these numbers are set to increase making it vital that anybody thinking about moving into a care …

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Cost of Care / Live-In Care 12 Sep, 2020

Will the council pay for live-in care?

How to pay for live-in care? Live-in home care is either paid for with the support of the council or privately funded. Local authority funding for care in your own home is typically accessed through direct payments or a council funded package. People are expected to make a financial contribution to the care they need …

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Cost of Care / Live-In Care / Types of care 11 Sep, 2020

How Much is Overnight Care for the Elderly?

How much does overnight care cost for the elderly? Caring for a loved one is hard at the best of times, but what about when you go to sleep? Night time carers can help. Elderly people can be restless at night as they may need to use the bathroom, and if they have dementia, the …

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Cost of Care / Types of care 1 Mar, 2019

Personal health budgets explained

What is a personal health budget? A personal health budget is one of the ways a clinical commissioning group provides care to people. PHBs are designed to involve the person receiving care (or their representative) in the decision making process, and to offer freedom in choosing the care that’s right for them, whether that’s residential …

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Cost of Care / News & Current Affairs 5 Dec, 2018

‘Care Miles can put us back on track’

As we enter into the winter months, when social care is at its most pressured and we await a drastically overdue Social Care Green Paper from the Government, the debate around how best to secure the future of our care system rages on. We’re proposing a solution – ‘care miles’. Often this debate about social …

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Cost of Care 7 Sep, 2018

Five things that impact the cost of care

What are the factors that affect the cost of care? We’ve outlined five things that can impact the price – for more information, call a hometouch Care Advisor today. 1. Type of care Different types of care cost different amounts – the cost of live-in care will be different from the cost of a place …

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Conditions / Cost of Care / Dementia 17 Nov, 2017

Dementia tax explained

The ‘dementia tax’ refers to the added expense for dementia patients and their families, who are often required to pay for long-term care with little or no support from the government. What is dementia tax? The term “dementia tax” was coined long before the Tory manifesto was released to the public this year. The Alzheimer’s Society …

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Cost of Care / News & Current Affairs 14 Sep, 2017

Brits Underestimate the Cost of Care By 62%

A survey of more than 2000 people reveals the lack of information available about the cost of care, leading to those in need facing financial difficulty completely unprepared. Brits underestimate costs of residential care by 62% 6 in 10 have not put in place any preparations for caring for a loved one, and just 7% have …

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Cost of Care / Respite / Types of care 14 Aug, 2017

How Much does Respite Care Cost?

How much respite care costs will depend on the support you’re entitled to, whether you need help during the day, overnight, a complete break at a care home facility, or help from your family and friends. Find out more about the respite care rates and costs here, or carry on reading to discover how respite …

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