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The cost and advantages of home care in Romford
Care home costs
According to PayingForCare, a report by healthcare specialists Laing & Buisson in 2013/14, depending on where in the UK you live, care homes can cost an average of:
- £29,270 per year for a residential care home, or
- £39,300 per year if nursing is required.
5 years on the costs have risen considerably more.
Remember, you might have to pay extra for things like trips out, hairdressing and some therapies – check what’s included in the care-home fees.
Home care costs
Again, costs are very different depending on where you live and whether you need support during the day or at night, on weekdays or at weekends.
- You should allow an average of about £20 per hour – that’s nearly £15,000 per year if you have a carer for 14 hours a week.
Whilst you still have the cost of maintaining your house, but you have the advantage of being in familiar surroundings.
The advantages of Home Care:
Summary
- Regular visits from a home care worker to help with personal care, shopping and preparing meals.
- Other services include meals on wheels, monitored personal alarms and household equipment and adaptations to help with everyday tasks.
- Local day centres where you can socialise and enjoy various activities, with transport available to get you there.
Pros
- You get to stay in your own home.
- You retain any support or social contact you enjoy with friends, family and neighbours.
- The value of your home isn’t taken into account when calculating how much you have to pay towards your care.
- You’ll stay close to what’s familiar to you.
- You retain full control over the care and support you receive
If you are considering home care vs residential care and would like a FREE home care assessment please contact us today.
Caroline Dineage the Government’s Care Minister has encouraged care workers to take part in a major consultation with rgeard to jobs in the care sector.
The consultation closes on 9 April 2018. If you are a care worker, nurse, occupational therapist, social worker, registered manager or otherwise employed or involved in the care and support sector, please take the time to submit your views.
She is quoted as saying “As care minister, I am already humbled and inspired by the empathy, compassion and dedication you demonstrate every day. We need you now more than ever, and our support for you remains unwavering. Help us make that support as effective, inclusive and rewarding as it can be. Because good care is more than just a job, it’s a vocation”.
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Any new system of funding social care will be capped, Jeremy Hunt has confirmed, in his first policy speech since he took responsibility for social care reform in January. He also pledged to find new ways to support councils struggling to meet the demands of a rapidly ageing population in the green paper on social care due this summer.
Addressing a conference of social workers, the health and social care secretary said: “The way that our current charging system operates is far from fair. This is particularly true for families faced with the randomness and unpredictability of care, and the punitive consequences that come from developing certain conditions over others.
“If you develop dementia and require long-term residential care you are likely to have to use a significant chunk of your savings and the equity in your home to pay for that care. But if you require long-term treatment for cancer you won’t find anything like the same cost.”
Asked directly if that meant there would be a cap on what any individual had to pay, he replied: “Yes.”
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