Once we've assessed your care needs, we need to do a financial assessment to work out how much you may have to pay towards care services.
Someone from our Assessment and Benefits Team will contact you and you'll need to complete a form and provide photocopies of the following information, where applicable:
Income and savings
- Statements of all bank accounts – including current, savings, ISAs – for the last 6 months
- Any other investments - for example, shares, bonds, premium bonds
- Award letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) showing breakdown of income received - for example, State Retirement Pension, Pension Credit
- Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance
- Correspondence about any other income - for example, private or occupational pensions
Please note: If you are one of a couple we can carry out either a single or a joint assessment to calculate what's best for you, in terms of how much you may have to pay.
Single assessment
- Evidence of your own income and savings, together with any joint savings you may have.
Joint assessment
- Evidence of all income and savings for both of you.
Expenditure
- Details of any housing costs - for example, rent/mortgage/council tax payments.
- Disability Related Expenditure (DRE) – where you incur additional expenditure due to your disability.
Please note: We can take DRE into account only if it was accepted in your care assessment as necessary, the costs are reasonable and you can provide receipts or other evidence. (We recognise that some expenditure cannot be evidenced with receipts - for example, additional laundry costs and wear and tear on clothing). The total we take into account cannot exceed the amount of disability care benefit you receive.
Property
- Ownership documents for any property or land you own other than the property you currently live in.
Legal Authority
- If someone acts for you as Appointee with the Department for Work and Pensions, as Attorney with Lasting Power of Attorney or as Deputy under Court of Protection – a copy of the relevant document.
Alternative declaration
If you prefer not to disclose any information about your income, savings or assets, you'll be asked to sign a declaration stating that you agree to pay for all care services in full.
Failure to return the completed financial assessment form and supporting documents within 2 weeks of the date on the accompanying letter may result in you being charged the full cost of your care services.