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Immediate Need Care Fees & Long Term Care

  • The average price of care plans to provide £1k pcm income increasing by 5% per annum is £46,755
  • The average age of individuals taking care plans is 88.07 years. 87.5% were women
  • 53.41% live in Residential Care Homes, 44.32% live in nursing homes and 2.27% were using the plans for home care
  • Assuming recipients are in receipt of higher rate attendance allowance and retirement pension average care home fees were Residential or home care, £344 per week, (£17,888 pa), Nursing (assuming the middle band of NHS nursing care contribution) £517 per week £26,884 pa)
  • ADL failures and health – 58% of cases had mental impairment whilst 31% had suffered a stroke. Th-ose needing total or considerable help with ADLs were:

  • Dressing 68%
    Bathing 75%
    Feeding 21%
    Toileting 54%
    Mobility 61%

  • The average required extra income older people need to pay for care is £1138 per month for all care, £977 per month for residential, £1367 per month for nursing care and £1236 per month for home care.

  • Source NHFA