Social care funding help · England
Adult Social Care Funding Help & Advice
Independent professional guidance to help you understand adult social care funding, paying for care and your options.
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Confused about paying for care?
Questions about who pays for care can quickly become confusing. You may be trying to understand what the local authority will consider, why somebody has been asked to pay towards their care, or what happens when someone is funding their own support.
People contact us when they are unsure how social care funding works, dealing with both a needs assessment and financial assessment, arranging care for a family member, paying privately for care or unsure about the local authority's involvement with a self-funder.
Social care funding isn't always straightforward
Care needs, financial circumstances, where somebody lives and the type of support being arranged can all be relevant. There can also be confusion between adult social care funding and NHS funding.
Rather than trying to piece together information from multiple organisations and websites, Social Care Answers can help you understand how the different parts of the system relate to your circumstances.
Advice for self-funders and families
Paying privately for care does not necessarily make navigating adult social care easier. Families can still face difficult decisions about assessments, care arrangements, costs and what involvement they can expect from statutory services.
We provide independent professional guidance to help you understand the situation before making important decisions.
Online Consultation
£125
Up to 60 minutes of independent professional adult social care advice and guidance online.
About our advice
Social Care Answers provides independent professional social care advice and guidance in England. We do not provide legal advice or representation, replace statutory services, or guarantee a particular outcome. Social Care Answers is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, contact the emergency services.