Personal Budgets & Direct Payments Briarcare | Sudbury, Stowmarket & Bury St Edmunds

Personal Budgets & Direct Payments

A Personal Budget is an agreed amount of money that is allocated to you personally by your local council (and other funding streams) following an assessment of your care and support needs. This is support that you decide and control, in other words you control the money for your care and support – Personal Budget. A personal budget is a statement of the amount of money needed to meet your eligible social care needs. It allows you (or your representative) to control the financial resources for your support and the way the support is provided to you.

HOME VISITS

Supporting independent living and ageing with dignity is at the heart of our services. Visiting older people in their own homes from 30 mins a week to several times a day.

DEMENTIA CARE

Are you struggling to support a loved one at home with Dementia? We can give you peace of mind, providing specialist home care and support from our highly trained and experienced staff. This could be planned as a regular service or on a short term ad-hoc agreement.

PALLIATIVE CARE

We can help support your loved one through a distressing terminal illness. Let us provide specialist support with the day-to-day things so your family can make the most of your time together.

RESPITE CARE

Do you look after a family member to keep them independent in their own home? Sometimes you will need our support too. We offer respite home care so that you can take a break knowing your loved ones are in good hands. It could be as little as an hour a week so that a loved one can pop out to do some shopping, meet up with friends, etc

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE

Are you needing to organise some home care support so that your relative can be discharged from hospital? Our flexible service can meet your needs and we can provide care to coincide with hospital discharge dates and times.

Managing your own personal budget

Managing your own personal budget is when you decide to take your budget as a “direct payment”. This is a cash payment that the local authority will arrange and make payments into a bank account opened by you, specifically to receive the personal budget. Most local high street banks will offer a basic current account for this purpose. It may be helpful to provide the bank with confirmation about your personal budget such as a remittance notice or letter from the local authority. When you are given funding from the local authority you have the choice of being a direct payment client, this way you can choose your care provider and pay them directly ensuring you are in control of which company visits you rather than one chosen for you.

Briarcare can help with any questions you have about your direct payment. Call us today to talk about your personal budget and how we can help you live independently in your own home.

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