Financial assessment
You can find out if, or how much, you will have to pay towards the cost of your care by completing an online financial assessment form, called ‘Bettercare Warwickshire’. This is the fastest way to complete a financial assessment, and it takes around 20 minutes. You will need your national insurance number to hand.
Fill in the Bettercare Financial Assessment online
We will ask for information about your income, your spending and any savings and assets that you have. Assets are things you own that have a financial value such as shares, property and investments. The government sets an amount of money for daily living and personal costs.
You may have costs because of your condition or disabilities, we call these disability-related expenses. They may include things like extra laundry costs or paying for certain equipment. These do not include what we consider to be normal daily living costs.
We will decide what amounts can or cannot be included as expenses that relate to your disability or care needs.
If you need social care in your own home, we won’t include the value of your property.
If you move into a care home, we may include the value of your property.
As part of the financial assessment, we may also offer you advice on welfare benefits. This could help increase your income by claiming any benefits you might be entitled to. You can also explore what benefits you may be entitled on our money and benefits page
The online financial assessment will give an early indication of how much you will pay towards the cost of your care. Please note that the actual figure may vary once we have checked the information you have provided, and a Care Needs Assessment has taken place.
There is a short YouTube video that gives more information about what you can expect when completing the online financial assessment form.
If you are unable to complete the online financial assessment form, a member of the Finance Team will contact you to complete a postal or telephone assessment. Contact would be made only after your Care Needs Assessment has taken place which would tell us the support you need.
For support to complete this form please call 01926 413985 and quote "Online Financial Assessment Form Support".
Completing the form will not automatically refer you for a Care Needs Assessment.
Where we arrange services, the total cost of the care is usually within a set price range. These costs are set out in our fees and charges.