Direct payments (adult social care)
What a payment can't be used for
- buying health services
- buying long term residential care
- paying household bills or other personal expenses
- Buy services directly provided by the Council
A direct payment does not count as income or a benefit so this will not affect your benefits.
If you are over 18, we will talk with you about your finances to decide if a direct payment will cover all your care costs or if you will have to pay for some of them yourself.
You must be willing and able to manage the direct payments yourself, with some support if it's needed.
A person lacking mental capacity to consent to a direct payment can have a representative to manage it for them.
Direct payments can't normally be used to employ close relatives who live in the same household.