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Fair enough: research on the implementation of the Department of Health guidance; fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Pauline, MATHEW Dinah
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 132p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Many people who previously contributed to the cost of their service are no longer paying because the guidance states that no-one with income below a specified threshold (£127.63 for a single older person 2003–04) should be charged. There is now consistency across the country for people on incomes below this level, who are exempt from charging. The effect on other people receiving services depends on each local authority’s interpretation of the discretionary elements of the guidance and on their previous charging policy. The majority of councils reported that charges have increased for people on higher incomes. People with savings above the limit specified in the guidance may pay all or most of the cost of the service, unless the council has a low maximum charge or subsidises the hourly charge for the service.
Paying for care handbook: a guide to services, charges and welfare benefits for adults in need of care in the community or in care homes
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Pauline, et al
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 493p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
Guide to services, charges, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults needing care at home or in supported housing; and their carers. Also covers: the duties of social services and health authorities in arranging residential or nursing home care; how welfare benefits are affected by entering or leaving a care home; the social services means test for those needing help with care home costs; and how the different schemes are administered, the collection and enforcement of charges, challenging decisions and enforcing rights, and common problems.