Funding Care
Funding care can be a complex issue involving the client themselves and their family. Our team can help guide you through it.
Paying Privately
All your care can be bought privately from us or you can top up care already provided by social services. One thing you can be sure of is that all our staff and administration team are highly trained and have passion and commitment to delivering your care.
Our care manager will happily come and visit you in your home to discuss your requirements. Once you have decided on using our services, a comprehensive care package will be devised to meet your exact requirements.
Private care is the quickest and easiest way to purchase specialist care for someone you really care about such as a family member or a close friend. All our charges are fully inclusive there are no hidden charges such as travelling etc.
Direct Payments
Adult care services, such as Herts Homecare, will always initially carry out an assessment of your needs. Once you have been assessed as needing support you may be eligible for cash payments. This will enable you to arrange your own support from service providers such as Herts Homecare. These cash payments are called direct payments. If you are already receiving support from adult care services you may be able to convert to direct payments.
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 criteria is that you must be over 16 and be willing and able to make your 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 a 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.
For further information, if you live in Hertfordshire, you can contact Hertfordshire Adult Care Services on 01438 737400
