Care Home Fees

The NHS & nursing home fees

If you have a loved one who has had to move into a care home, you may have been shocked by the fees that have to be paid. Care home fees cost an average of £500 a week, with another £200 added on where 24-hour nursing care or medical assistance is required. Lifelong savings can be drained and in some cases people are forced to sell property that may have been in the family for years.

But did you know that many residents of nursing homes should not be funding their own care? Anyone who needs nursing care primarily due to their health needs is supposed to have their fees paid in full under the NHS Continuing Care initiative – but many local health authorities assess medical requirements wrongly, forcing a large number of people to pay for care which should be free to them.

Eligibility for Continuing Care

If your relative is in a care home due to ANY kind of health condition whether physical or mental – then they should not be footing the bill, regardless of their financial situation. If they are being forced to pay, and you feel they should not be, then we can help you to secure a re-assessment by their local health authority to receive the financial assistance they deserve, along with a refund of the fees already paid. Last year we reclaimed tens of millions in fees for our clients.

So take a look through the wide range of information on our site and see if your loved one’s care home fees could be unfair.