Guidance on Charging for Residential Accommodation
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If you need to go into residential accommodation you may have to make a contribution to the cost of your care.This section provides information on how Trusts calculate how much you can pay.
Documents
- Circular HSC (CHU) 1/2025: Charges for Residential Accommodation 2025/26 - Effective from Monday 7th April 2025
- Guidance - Continuing Healthcare in Northern Ireland - 18 May 2022
- Circular HSC (ECCU) 1/2021 - Continuing Healthcare in Northern Ireland
- Circular HSC (ECCU) 1/2019:- Introduction of The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
- Circular HSC (ECCU) 4/2017: Changes to the Social Fund and the introduction of Discretionary Support
- HSC (ECCU) 3/2017: Introduction of Universal Credit
- Circular HSC (ECCU) 1/2017: War Pension Scheme – War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement.
- Circular HSC (ECCU) 2/2016 Circular notifying of the Introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- HPSS Payments for Nursing Care Circular.ECCU 1/2006 - HPSS Payments for Nursing Care provide a contribution to the cost of providing nursing care for those residents who are assessed as needing nursing care and are responsible for the full cost of care
- HPSS Payments for Nursing Care Information Leaflet - This information booklet provides advice on who is eligible for HPSS Payments for Nursing Care and how to apply if you think you are eligible
- Care Management,Provision of Services and Charging Guidance - This circular provides guidance on the process of assessing complex needs,arranging and monitoring appropriate care and the relevant charging policy
- Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG) 2015 - This document provides guidance on charging for residential accommodation Amended 2015
- Free Personal Care Report - This report outlines the estimated cost of the introduction of free personal for care home residents