Arranging for your own care (self funding)
The City Council’s policy on self-funding is currently under development. However, people who wish to self-fund are entitled to a Community Care Assessment - as is anybody who requests one.
Our aim is for people who wish to fund their own care to be able to make informed choices.
The booklet ‘Directory of Care Providers’, published by East Midlands CARE, provides a comprehensive section on paying for your own care.
Copies of this booklet are available from Adults and Communities.
Alternatively, the information is available at the East Midlands CARE:
01858 463 177 www.emcare.org.uk
Counsel and Care is the national charity working with older people, their families and carers to get the best care and support.
The Counsel and Care's Care Home Handbook, gives a range of information including assessment/choosing and paying for a place in a care home and your rights.
Other information is available from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
This includes independent reports and quality ratings on all local care homes, home care and other registered services, plus address and contact details to help you make the right choice:
The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.
