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Paying for Care
How you pay for your care will depend on your own financial circumstances and your care needs.
- You, or someone you care for, contact Social Care Direct - Wakefield Council on 0345 8 503 503 to make an initial enquiry about your current situation.
- You will have a conversation with a trained staff member to discuss your care and support needs - this is known as a Care Act Assessment.
- You will then have a further conversation about the different ways your care and support needs could be met and how much this will cost.
- A financial assessment will work out how it will be paid for. Depending on how much you have in savings and assets, you could be eligible for some financial support from the council.
Wakefield Council have an online tool ‘Bettercare Wakefield’ that will guide you through a financial assessment for care, and calculate how much you will have to pay towards your care costs. You can find it here.
Paying for your care - click here
- How your contribution to your care is calculated
- What evidence we will need you to provide
- Arranging and paying for your own support
- Independent financial advice
- Residential homes for adults and older people
- Choosing a care home
The Citizens Advice Bureau provide advice online, by telephone, email and face to face.
The following national organisations provide impartial advice and information about paying for your care
- CareAware UK provides free advice on care fee funding for older people.
- First Stop Care Advice provides independent free advice and information about care and support.
- National Careline is a non-profit organisation, and provides information about care and support.
- Which? Elderly Care provides free impartial advice about care options.
- Age UK provide advice guides about paying for care.
If you have been assessed as needing social care support you may be offered a direct payment. This enables you to manage your own care, rather than have your care organised by your local authority.
Penderels Trust is working in partnership with Wakefield Council to support adults and children who receive a direct payment in the area to get the most out of their care money and to achieve their goals. You can find out about their direct payments drop-in sessions on their website.