Useful Information
Nursing, Care and Residential Homes
Paying for a place in a nursing home
PAYING FOR CARE IN SOUTHEND BOROUGH COUNCIL
Self-Directed Support is designed to help people take control of their own social care budgets, manage their own support and choose the services that suit them best using the money from different areas more flexibly. A Personal Budget is money paid by Adult and Community Services to help you meet the outcomes agreed in your support plan. You will need to complete a financial assessment form so that the local authority can assess what you can afford to pay towards you care. If you need help to fill in the form, a Finance Officer can visit you in your home to help you. Tel: 01702 215008.
SOUTHEND BOROUGH COUNCIL'S CONTRIBUTION TO CARE HOME FEES
Residential standard dependency: £375.97 Nursing standard dependency: £484.67
High dependency/dementia: £417.90 Dementia nursing higher needs: £526.60
Nursing fees include the NHS-funded Nusing Care Contribution * These figures may change after April 2011. Please call 01702 215008 for further information. www.southend.gov.uk
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Ageuk www.ageuk.co.uk for more information on paying for care.
NHFA can provide you with free advice and information when making important and sometimes difficult decisions Tel: 0800 99 88 33 or visit http://www.nhfa.co.uk
A social services assessment should always be made to assess needs and what the local authority can pay towards fees. Tel 01702 215008..
Careaware a public information and advisory service specialising in the issues relating to long term care, offering free advice and factsheets. helpline 08705 134 925. http://www.careaware.co.uk/
Ageuk Telephone 0800 169 6565 http://www.ageuk.org Ageuk (ACE) publish a range of fact sheets* about issues facing older people, including how to choose and pay for residential care homes. ACE also run a free information line available to older people and the carers. *Reference copies of all ACE fact sheets are kept at the information desk at Southend Central Library
Further Sources of Help Councel & Care 0845 300 7585 (Mon-Fri 10am - 1pm)
Website www.counselandcare.org.uk/ This organisation provides advice and information for vulnerable older people and their families on community care, housing with care and care in a home. and paying for and choosing a care home. The complete CARE HOME QUIDE is available from this website.
Care Quality Commision (CQC) If you are concerned about the care you or someone you know is getting, or if you have any questions, please call our helpline on 03000 616161 for completely confidential advice. www.cqc.org.uk
Elderly Accommodation Counsel Telephone 020 7820 1343 website http://www.housingcare.org/ Offers a database of accommodation and care for older people, with advice about choosing and financing care.
Relatives and Residents Association Telephone . Helpline 0845 017 7720 Monday to Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm. Provides advice and information on all aspects of finding a care home. www.relresessex.org
New website helps families find, rate and review eldercare - www.goodcareguide.co.uk
LOCAL RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES
Braemar Lodge Residential Care Home, 481 Victoria Ave, Southend On Sea, Essex Tel: 01702 339728
Specialist Care Homes:
Elkington House in Westcliff On Sea. Home Manager: Tel: 01702 348200.
Jewish Care Homes for long term care. We have 12 homes, which are located across London and the south-east, offering something special. Jewish Care direct: Tel: 020 8922 2222 http://jewishcare.org
Care Homes
Care homes provide long term care for older people and people with severe disabilities who are not able to live in their own home. You can also stay at a care home for a short while if recovering from an injury or illness, or for a short break.
Following a needs assessment we can help you to choose somewhere that meets your needs and where you think you will feel at home. You can apply for a needs assessment using our on-line form.
We can also give you information about private care homes but you may need to make your own arrangements and payments.
Visit the Southend Care Choices Directory for listings of local care homes. The CQC Directory of Care Homes and Care Services website contains reports for all care homes. www.carechoices.co.uk
Supported or Sheltered Housing
If you cannot stay at home, but do not need or want to go into a care home, you may wish to consider supported or sheltered housing.
Other options to keep you safe at home
You may be able to get special equipment such as grab rails - or have changes made to your home to make it safer and easier for you to get around.
- Careline is a home alarm system which means you can contact help in an emergency 24 hours a day, all year round.
- Telecare is a monitoring system which can trigger an alarm for various things such as a fall, flood, gas leak or fire.
Selecting a nursing home
It is up to individuals or their carers to select a home. There is a distinction between retirement homes which are akin to hotels and nursing homes which also provide nursing care. A list is available from National Care Standards Commission, Kingswood House, Baxter Ave Southend on Sea SS2 6BG Tele: 01702 236010 fax 01702 236056
Website http://www.carestandards.org.uk/
Inspection reports on the homes are also available from the National Care Standards Commission.
Advice is available from Homematch, who offer a free, independent service. Tel 01787 211624
If you would prefer to have arrangements made for you, perhaps because you live some way from Southend and have a vulnerable relative living in the borough, the Care Home Guidance Company will undertake the research and liaison involved.Tel 020 8505 1070. e-mail: info@carehomeguidance.co.uk http://www.carehomeguidance.co.uk
KEEP YOUR PET WITH YOU
PETS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE
It is now possible to go into Resiential Care, be it a Care Home or Sheltered Housing and have your pet with you. for further information see www.scas.org.uk
