A caregiver hands a cup to an elderly woman sitting in a care home, representing the support and financial considerations involved in care home fee assessments in England.

How Care Home Fees Are Assessed.

How are Care Home Fees assessed? In England, the responsibility for funding care home fees can either be placed on the individual, the local authority or a contribution by both. When a person goes into a care home, the local authority will carry out a financial assessment to determine the person’s ability to contribute towards…