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'''Guide to local authority means testing for care homes''' |
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==Stale SMW Table== |
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The content at the bottom of the page (an embedded Semantic MediaWiki query result) is stale. Is there a way to stop this from happening? –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 11:27, 16 November 2010 (UTC) |
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Even with the possibility of public funding, many elderly homeowners sell their homes each year in order to pay for care. Very few people seek [http://www.carefeesplanning.co.uk/care-home-fees professional advice regarding care home fees], despite this probably being one of the largest financial commitments they will ever make. |
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: Its content gets cached same as most content on the site; it should clear out over the 15 minute cache lifetime. Optionally, if you have access to the 'purge' tab, you can manually refresh it. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 14:21, 16 November 2010 (UTC) |
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:: It's not getting flushed automatically; it seems to be assuming that the ''rendered'' content of the page only changes when the page itself changes (or any template it refers to) but the SMW query isn't such a thing. (It's about 15 ''hours'' since at least one edit that should have changed the results of the query; more have happened since then too.) –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 15:29, 16 November 2010 (UTC) |
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Older people who own their own homes often fail the means test for subsidised care, leaving them to cover care home costs themselves. A means test determines whether an individual or family is eligible for help from the Government. Anchor, a leading UK care home manager, explains how property ownership influences local authorities' means test for the provision of care home subsidies. |
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::: I just hit 'refresh' on the page. Is it still not working? I'm showing "Language page links" as being at the top of the list right now, with a mod date of 16 Nov 2010 15:25:44. (Hm. I need to get TZ info added to that format somehow.) --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 15:37, 16 November 2010 (UTC) |
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A newly revised social care eligibility guide was introduced in February 2010 to replace the existing guidance. The new guide is called Prioritising need in the context of Putting People First: A whole system approach to eligibility for social care, Guidance on Eligibility Criteria for Adult Social Care, and incorporates the new approaches developed as part of the Government's personalisation agenda. |
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According to the new guidance, adults who fund their own residential or non-residential social care will have access to an independent complaints review service provided by the Local Government Ombudsman. If the local authority assists with your care home placement and fees, they will carry out a means test to see whether you should be contributing to the care costs. |
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Before you can receive any financial subsidies towards the [http://www.carefeesplanning.co.uk/nursing-home-cost cost of care home accommodation], the local authority must assess your care needs and agree that these meet its criteria for assistance. |
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The means test generally only applies to individuals aged 60 and over. |
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Revision as of 07:05, 21 June 2013
Guide to local authority means testing for care homes
Even with the possibility of public funding, many elderly homeowners sell their homes each year in order to pay for care. Very few people seek professional advice regarding care home fees, despite this probably being one of the largest financial commitments they will ever make.
Older people who own their own homes often fail the means test for subsidised care, leaving them to cover care home costs themselves. A means test determines whether an individual or family is eligible for help from the Government. Anchor, a leading UK care home manager, explains how property ownership influences local authorities' means test for the provision of care home subsidies.
A newly revised social care eligibility guide was introduced in February 2010 to replace the existing guidance. The new guide is called Prioritising need in the context of Putting People First: A whole system approach to eligibility for social care, Guidance on Eligibility Criteria for Adult Social Care, and incorporates the new approaches developed as part of the Government's personalisation agenda.
According to the new guidance, adults who fund their own residential or non-residential social care will have access to an independent complaints review service provided by the Local Government Ombudsman. If the local authority assists with your care home placement and fees, they will carry out a means test to see whether you should be contributing to the care costs.
Before you can receive any financial subsidies towards the cost of care home accommodation, the local authority must assess your care needs and agree that these meet its criteria for assistance. The means test generally only applies to individuals aged 60 and over.