Agenda item - Annual review of Adult Social Care Charging Policy 2017

60.1    This report was presented by Angie Emerson, Head of Financial Assessments and sought agreement to continue with the current charging policies for non-residential care services and residential care homes which comply with the requirements of Section 17 of the Care Act 2014.

60.2    RESOLVED:

(1)    The Board agreed that the full charging policy attached at Appendix1 should be approved.

(2)    The Baord agreed that the table of charges below should come into effect from 10^th April2017:

(3)    The Board agreed to retain the existing fees for the council’s Carelink Plus Service and agreed to apply the same fee rates to customers who currently have a protected lower charge of £17 per month. This would increase to £18.50 per month from April2017;

(4)    The Board agreed to continue with the policy that no charges should apply to carers for any direct provision of care and support tothem;

(5)    The Board agreed to increase the fee charged for setting up Deferred Payment Agreements for residential care home fees by 2% to £495 plus any additional costs for propertyvaluations; and

(6)    The Board agreed to introduce a new charge for arranging and contracting non-residential care for self-funders. (people with savings over£23,250). £260 for the initial one-off set-up fee with effect from April 2017: 216 £80 per year from April 2017 for annual review, administration and amendments.