Your local adult care services have to offer direct payments to all eligible adults who have been assessed as needing a social care service, but want to make their own arrangements.
The amount of money you receive will depend on the level of care you require and is usually the cash equivalent of what it would cost adult care services to meet your assessed care needs. You may be required to contribute to the cost of your care depending on your income and savings. Your direct payment is reduced accordingly and you are expected to meet the shortfall.
Adult care services will take this into account when they are making a calculation of your direct payments. You will have to open a separate bank account to receive your direct payments and also keep a record of all payments made out of this account. Adult care services will need to see records of how your direct payment has been spent to make sure that the money has been spent on meeting the care you have been assessed as needing.
The first thing to do once you know that there is a need for home care and support, be that for yourself, or for a loved one is to see if there is any entitlement to care funding.
There are different types of care funding, and you may be entitled to more than one of them. The following is a guide to what might be available to you.
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