Paying for residential care

When you go into residential care (which includes nursing home care), you can meet the costs yourself if you wish.

However, in most cases the council will meet the cost of the service and you will pay a contribution based on your individual financial circumstances.

Who gets help?

We can provide financial help for those people who meet our access criteria.

A member of the adult social care team will assess your needs to help decide whether nursing or residential care is best for you. You have the right to choose which home you go to. 

We can pay for your care up to an agreed level of costs, providing that you do not have more assets or savings than the government “upper capital limit”. For the current value of this limit and any other cash figures referred to in this page, please see Fees Costs and Allowances which we update each April.