Care homes
This leaflet helps you decide whether moving into a care home is the right choice for you. If it is, a main concern may be how to pay for your care.
This leaflet looks at the help you can get from your local council and the NHS, and at arranging and paying for care yourself. The rules about funding are complicated, but remember that they won’t all apply to you.
Whether or not you get help with your fees, you should have some choice about which home you move to. It is important to find a care home that is right for you. This leaflet gives advice on how to find a care home and what to look out for; and outlines what steps you can take if you are unhappy once you have moved in.
We can help you navigate the funding maze as well as advise on what to look out for in a care home and what to do if you are unhappy once you have moved in.
Everything published by Help the Aged is correct at the time of writing but details can change. We recommend that you always seek expert advice before making a decision.
Help the Aged produces other leaflets which you may find useful, for example Housing Matters and Help in Your Home. We also produce a range of information sheets, including no.2 Sheltered Housing, no.10 Paying for Your Care Home, no.13 Care at Home and no.22 Coming out of Hospital. Copies of these leaflets can be downloaded from the grey box at the side of this page.
