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The Home of Care Home Fees comparisons!
The cost of care in the UK can vary dramatically.
Various factors may influence how much it costs to care for you or your loved ones. Factors include:
- Geography
- The type of care required
- Any funding eligibility from local authorities
- The care home environment
- How much the care provider wishes to charge
All these factors can make choosing the right care home challenging. Add onto the this an "extras" that providers may wish to charge, this can vary but may include:
- Cleaning
- Laundry
- Telephone line
- Television access
- Internet access
"My mum has lived here for 10 years and has spent over £600,000 during that time, we want good care, but also she deserves value for money."
A care home residents relative
What should you look for when helping a loved one find a home?
When searching for a care home for your loved home, you want to know that they will be looked after, treated with dignity and respect and receive the best treatment possible at times when this is needed.
So what should you look for? Well, its much more than the cost, though this plays an important part of the decision process and this website will help you achieve that.
Alongside the fee consideration, focus on these key areas:
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating
- Feedback and reviews from other relatives and residents
- Your own visit - how where you welcomed, was the home well presented, free from odour, was it calm
- Ask for recommendations from healthcare professionals (GP, district nurse, social worker)
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Arguably, a key factor in selecting a care home is the CQC Rating. The CQC (Care Quality Commission) regulate care homes and will carry out inspections on a periodic basis. These inspections lead to a rating that scores care homes against 5 factors:
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well Led
Each of the five categories will be rated as on the following; Outstanding (performing exceptionally well), Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate (Performing badly). The overall rating of a care home will also be between outstanding and inadequate, dependant upon the performance in the five key areas.