Info & Advice category: Paying For Care

Personal Budgets & Direct Payments

If you are eligible for financial help towards the cost of the care and support you need, Norfolk County Council will help you to develop a Care Plan.

Paying For Residential Care

While we would all like to stay in our own home, sometimes our health declines to the point that more full time support and care is needed in a residential or nursing home.

Paying For Care

Social care is means tested so most people have to pay something towards the care that they receive. Those who have income and savings over a certain threshold will pay the full cost.

Paying For Social Care Within The Home

When the council arrange social care, they will carry out a financial assessment for the person needing that care and support.