Funding options
The options for funding your care
How to fund long-term care is an important consideration when looking at home care.
Depending on your personal circumstances, there may be public funding or benefits available to you, or other finance options.
Most of our customers fund their care privately or via direct payments. If you’re funding care yourself, we do recommend that you first research whether any benefits are available to you. We’ve provided lots of advice here to help you get started and point you in the right direction.
Other funding options you may want to consider include purchasing an immediate needs annuity. We also get asked many questions around lasting power of attorney and other asset-related matters.
Information about funding we think you’ll find useful:
Care funding - who qualifies?
Read more about who qualifies for care funding
Benefit entitlement
Discover which benefits you might be entitled to
Continuing healthcare (CHC)
What is NHS continuing healthcare?
Personal health budgets
Find out more about personal health budgets
Social care funding
What is social care funding and how can it be accessed?
Immediate needs annuity
Find out more about immediate needs annuity
Lasting power of attorney
What is a lasting power of attorney?
CQC regulation
Why should I opt for a CQC regulated care service?
The cost of home care
We offer two types of home care: visiting care or live-in care, each having their own pricing structure. Your care plan and quote will be personalised to your specific needs.
With visiting care, a carer will come to your home at set points throughout the day or week to provide practical, physical and emotional support.
Prices start from £31.00 per hour
Visits lasting 30, 45 or 60 minutes
£4.50 call-out fee per visit
Live-in dementia care involves having one of our wonderful, friendly carers live with you in your home and provide you with round-the-clock support and companionship
Starting from £1,595 per week for a single person
£1,595 per week for a couple
£275 per day for live-in respite care
How to arrange home care
We aim to make it easy to arrange the support you want so that we can focus on what really matters: your care needs. Speak to our team today to begin your journey.
Speak to our team
Call our team of experts to talk through your options and any questions you may have
Free home care assessment
Your local Helping Hands manager will visit you to discuss your care requirements
Find your carer
We’ll help to match you with a carer who meets your preferences and has the right skills
Page reviewed by Kathryn Mahon, Regional Clinical Lead, on July 25, 2024.
How we wrote this page
This page has been produced referencing key insights and data from external experts, trusted medical sources and our team of in-house specialists. We have worked hard to ensure that all information is as accurate as possible and reflects current consensus at the time of writing and reviewing.