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Live in carer costs

Kirkmain · 2024-03-06 16:00:20

Can someone tell me the ball park costs for a live in carer? 50k a year? Trying to work out how much money one needs to set aside in case of needing care but wants to avoid institutionalisation. Is there a current easy access price list someone can link

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GunJack Posts: 11,932 Forumite

11 March 2024 at 8:27PM

The one thing that comes out of this thread (and others) is how scary care costs are...MIL had 3 visits a day when she came out of hospital after breaking a leg, but it was all council-provided so had no idea of costings for it. It seems to me that unless you live in the SE and have a shedload of equity in your house, you'd better hope you qualify for council care when needed. I suspect that even middle-earners would be hard pressed to save enough to afford a couple of years' worth of even low levels of care.

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