Home Care Bill increase of over 200%

JJ7

Hi, as the title says, my bill has gone up by over 200%. I have rung the council for info about this but nobody has got back to me.

Has everyone's bill gone up a lot? Can anyone point me to a web site that might have information that will help me understand why such a huge increase and how it's worked out?

I don't object to paying towards my care bill but I'd like to know how they work it out and whether costs have gone up so much nationally.

I wouldn't be posting if the council had returned my calls.

Thanks

elsien

I know our council used to have a flat rate for everyone regardless of help needed, and now they're moving towards charging people with higher support needs more to reflect the "true" cost.
Could it be something like that?

clemmatis

My council has always means-tested and charged accordingly; they'd charge me the full cost of any care.

JJ7 I doubt there's a national policy.