Meeting the costs of residential care
Half day
Background
Moving into any kind of care setting can be emotionally difficult and confusing financially for the client and their family/carers. This course will take you through the basics of funding options and update on key developments since the introduction of community care.
Aims
To give a straightforward overview of how residential care is funded through benefits, local authority contributions, the NHS and the client and how this changes during the time in care.
To explore the benefit issues for the person entering care and for their family/carers.
Contents
- The charging process
- DLA and attendance allowance
- Savings and property
- Partner’s benefits
- Appointeeship
- Challenging decisions
Suitable for
Social care, health, voluntary organisations, advice workers and anyone who needs to understand more about the benefit issues for people moving into residential care.
Ideally participants need to have completed the introduction to benefits course or have a working knowledge of the benefits system.
What participants said last year
“I work in supported accommodation and now have a better awareness of the implications of moves to and from residential care”
“Updated my knowledge and understanding”
“Very informative”
This page was last updated on 4 October 2009
