Care and high dependency

The Cost of Care for Individuals with High Dependency Care Needs.

Older and younger people who have high dependency care needs usually need someone to be in close contact and to offer support throughout a 24-hour period.

For a person needing this type of care support there are two choices. First, a move into a residential care setting or secondly, to have care in the home 24/7.

The majority of people many surveys tell us, that if given a choice, the option to stay in your own home, is the favourite.

24/7 care in a person’s home can be provided in two ways. By care workers on a shift system. Shift systems can vary for example a 12-hour shift, a three-day shift. Usually the cost of having care on a shift system is based on an hourly rate. Hourly rates can vary, but from April 2020 the UKHCA (United Kingdom Home Care Association) suggests that an hourly rate of £20.69 is appropriate.

The second option is to have a Live-In Care Support Package. This will involve a carer moving into a

person’s home from one week upwards, who will offer domestic, personal and social care support with the cost usually based on a weekly, commercial rate rather than an hourly rate. The objective for most care providers of Live-in Care Packages is to find two or three carers whom the individual is happy to have in their home, finds their support appropriate and a rotational system is then established

The difference between having care support 24/7 based on an hourly rate and a weekly rate can be as much as £2000.00 per week.

Able Community Care has been providing Live-in Care Packages since 1980 and has enabled thousands of older and disabled people to remain living in their own home using a weekly care rate.

We provide our care services in England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands. Our Holiday Companion Carers take support people to take holidays throughout the UK and internationally.

For a discussion about our care provision or to request an information pack, please call us on 01603 764567 or email to inof@ablecommunitycare.co

Angela Gifford. MD of Able Community Care Ltd