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Adult Social Care Fee Uplifts - 2020/21

Meeting: 06/02/2020 - Cabinet (Item 15)

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Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report setting out details of the proposed adult social care fee uplifts for 2020/21.

 

Resolved: That approval be given to the following uplifts, with effect from 1 April 2020:

 

i.  Residential and nursing care

Older Peoples approved residential care rates:

Nursing Standard  4.65%

Nursing Dementia  4.76%

Residential Standard  4.54%

Residential Higher  4.82%

Residential Dementia  4.89%

 

For other client groups: 4.89% minimum fee level for new placements increased to £595.07 per week.

 

For self-funders living in the county council's in-house older peoples residential homes: 4.89%.

 

ii.  Homecare (all client groups)

Where care has been commissioned off-framework, an inflationary uplift of 4.88% in line with the forecast 2020/21 cost increase associated with the Homecare Framework.

 

iii.  Supported Living – increase waking hour rate by 5.67% to £16.03 per hour. No changes to payments for sleep-in services at this time.

 

iv.  Direct Payments – 4.88%.

 

v.  Carers – Uplift the annual payments of £230/£340 to £244.29/£361.12 respectively.

 

vi.  Shared Lives – 6.21%.

 

vii.  Day Care (Non "Older People" services) – 4.81%.

 

viii.  Rolling Respite and Provider Brokerage – Uplift in line with the relevant service (e.g. homecare/residential care).

 

 

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