Paying for residential care

If you need financial help, we’ll assess your needs to work out what type of care will suit you best, and how much we can fund.

You may need to contribute to the cost of your residential care. To find out if you will, and how we work out how much you may need to pay, read our paying for care pages.

Self-funders

If you will be paying for residential care yourself you can make arrangements with the care home directly. Independent financial advice for care self-funders is available here:

• Self-funding your long-term care – your options