QUALIFYING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING FOR CARE COSTS
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:29 pm
QUALIFYING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING FOR CARE COSTS
If you have savings and assets of more than the amount in this table, you’ll have to pay for your own care: Region Savings threshold for local authority funding in 2019/20 England £23,350 Wales £24,000 (care at home) or £50,000 (care in a care home) Scotland £27,250 Northern Ireland £23,250 Even if your income and savings are above this limit, you still have the right to a care needs assessment, regardless of your financial situation. Your local authority or trust might still take some of your income if you’re below these limits
If you have savings and assets of more than the amount in this table, you’ll have to pay for your own care: Region Savings threshold for local authority funding in 2019/20 England £23,350 Wales £24,000 (care at home) or £50,000 (care in a care home) Scotland £27,250 Northern Ireland £23,250 Even if your income and savings are above this limit, you still have the right to a care needs assessment, regardless of your financial situation. Your local authority or trust might still take some of your income if you’re below these limits