Care Advice and Help Financial Information

The Money Advice Service website provides detailed financial information relating to care advice and help.

Topics include:

• long-term care services at a glance
• finding the long term care that's right for you
• home care or domiciliary care
• sheltered housing and extra care
• care homes
• intermediate care
• respite care
• how much is it going to costs
• care services at a glance
• planning ahead for when you can't manage your money
• if you think you may need permanent help in the future
• who to choose as your attorney
• thinking about a power of attorney - checklist
• making a power of attorney - next steps
• care services to help you stay in your own home: What is home care?
• What home care services are available?
• Paying for long-term care at home
• How to arrange long-term care at home
• Funding your own care at home - other things to think about
• More information about care at home
• Preparing for illness, old age and death: Put your financial affairs in order
• Handing over control of your finances
• What happens to your money when you die?
• Preparing for long-term care and funeral expenses
• Care home or home care?: Thinking through your care options
• Comparing the cost of care
• Care home costs
• Home care costs
• Case studies
• Further information
• Choosing the right care home: What types of care homes are there?
• What kind of care do you need?
• Choosing a care home - checklist
• Arrange to visit the homes on your shortlist
• How much is it going to cost?
• More information
• What if you're unhappy with the care you receive?:Your rights to acceptable care standards
• The role of the UK's care quality commissions
• How to complain
• Should you keep paying for the care product or service you're unhappy about?
• Getting help and advice to complain
• Complaining about care products
• Complaining about financial care products
• How to challenge your local authority over your care: Know your rights
• Challenging your care-needs assessment
• Challenging your financial assessment
• How to challenge a decision - step by step

The Money Advice Service
Holborn Centre
120 Holborn
London
EC1N 2TD