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Residential Care – What do you need to think about

The most important thing to get right is to find a care home that will meet the needs of the potential resident.

All care homes differ so its important that you think about what makes a good care home.  Our handy care home search facility will help make this process as easy as possible for you. Please do watch our short video that sets out the 5 steps you need to to consider when choosing a residential care home.

4 key things you should do ahead of moving in to care

Here are 4 key steps that you should take.

1 – Make sure you choose the right Care Home

The most important thing to get right is to find a care home that will meet the needs of the potential resident.

All care homes differ so its important that you think about what makes a good care home.

Our handy care home search facility will help make this process as easy as possible for you.

2 – Work out the costs of care

It is important to work out how much you will pay for your care. Increasingly more and more people are having to pay themselves, and the costs can easily get over £100,000.

3 – How will you pay for your care?

There are 6 main ways in which you can pay for your care.  You can read more about the options here.

4 – Get advice on how to pay for your care

We strongly recommend that you speak to a specialist financial advisor that is able to advise you on the options you have to pay for your care costs.  Click here for more information on how a financial advisor will be able to help.  

You can find an advisor in our directory of specialist financial advisors.