Just out of interest, what are your elderly parents care home fees?

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My mother moved into a care home in August 2024, the cost per week (as a self funder £945) Last April the fees went up to (£1,010) per week. In the last week the fees have gone up to (£1,050) per week. It's an excellent place, her room is lovely and well furnished, great carers too who look after her so well.
It genuinely feels like our second home.

In all honesty , never thought we'd make it to this latest fees increase. She's been on end of life care for the last 6/7 weeks , but has remained stable, although she's really frail and weak.
And so we've entered this new round of fees.

I think we're very lucky that her fees are in this region close to £1,000 per week .
How are others faring?

Everything you need to know about applying for NHS CHC. Beacon have so much helpful information. Self funders often fall through the net as the local authority won't be contributing so have no incentive to argue with the NHS that they should be picking up some or all of the cost.
https://beaconchc.co.uk//faqs/general/

Dementia care home for mil £2,200 per week

This would be one of the best financial decisions ever made for the taxpayer. It would free up cash for Councils to invest in other mums needed areas. A significant amount. I just hope they don't get lobbied (bribed) by the care home groups and investors to reverse this decision. We live in hope.

My DF’s care home fees (London) were £1450 per week.

As soon as he was declared ‘end of life’ he went onto NHS continuing health care. Op, do check whether your DM is not entitled to this. I was told by the end of life palliative care team that he would qualify and it was in place the following day. I did nothing.

His care place was full funded from then and he died two weeks later.

Edinburgh - parents each paying £1900 per week and that’s with a discount for two of them ! However due to their needs they have gone straight to the nursing wing where staff ratio seems to be about one staff member for each resident, the place is very warm and DF has been enjoying some outings which are included and the afternoon wine ( with a cheeseboard on Saturdays). It’s a bit like a nice four star all inclusive which smells a bit of wee.

They are getting an assessment for the free personal care element which should reduce the cost by £350 per week each if they qualify for the full amount (DM definitely will) and I think they can continue to receive attendance allowance although I haven’t filled in the form for DF yet, so that should take it down to around £1500 per week. It is what it is, they couldn’t continue to live at home and that’s what their savings are for, I just hope theu run out before the money does.

Selling houses. When they bought them for £35k in 1975....and now they're worth £1.35 million

This is for end of life and hard to get for dementia or Parkinson’s as end of life can vary by years.

Thanks for all the extra messages. When a parent enters a care home, you sign up to a never ending drain on your finances. As there are 52 weeks in a year, one month has a double take on funding, for us it fell in March this year. £4040 on March 3rd and £4,200 (covering price increase) on March 31st.

£1400 per week. Self funded.

I completely agree. It should be a choice. Sadly it never will be.

£1550 p/w in Hertfordshire. Very expensive but place is clean, friendly & good care with excellent range of activities that make a real difference. Been a real fight to get local authority to pay a portion of the monthly fees (in line with government guidance, given my parents circumstances)

I am not sure it would. I imagine the cost to provide is somewhere between what the council says it will pay and what self funders, who essentially top up the council places, pay. So it probably makes sense for the council to only pay for those who have no savings and not have to deal with the wider issues of running a home. It’s an awful demoralising system, and when you cannot get nhs coverage when your parent is bed bound, unable to move independently, in an advanced state of dementia so unable to speak and doubly incontinent, yet their needs are “social” when the person of the same age with Parkinson’s in the next room has their stay completely covered - it feels like there is no rhyme or reason to it.
my mum grew up poor and saved her entire life. I am glad she has access to good care but the system is not just.

Are they claiming Attendance Allowance as that will be awarded for end of life?

7.5k a month
Glasgow suburb

The care home my husband works for is £1,558 per week and they also have a live in carers at £1,800 per week.

You can buy an annuity insurance plan whereby you hand over a (probably quite large) lump sum out of the savings/estate pot to an insurance company who will cover the care costs for ever, so the funds will never run out. The cost is determined by the individual’s age, health etc so an actuary calculates life expectancy. It’s something we’re looking into, having been advised that it is almost always worth doing. The risk is that the cost of the premium proves more than was necessary if your loved one dies sooner than expected, but the considerable benefit is that the cost of their care is covered for life and the rest of their estate stays intact, ensuring their heirs are guaranteed to receive their inheritance.

£1331 per week. We paid for 2.5 years before dad was moved to end of life care and was fiven fast tracked CHC.

FIL has just been moved from one costing £1600 a week to one costing £1200 a week. Big difference in cost but very similar homes. Midlands.

£8,640. Pm in Surrey. Includes nursing care, fees went up 1st April 2026. Only people who benefit are management and the greedy fat cats

Can you please pm the name of the home and where in the South East it is please?

Apologies but don’t understand your post. Does the care home provide live in carers at the home if you wish not to go into a care home?

My friend works in a care home and some people pay £8000 PER WEEK!!
it’s a specialist home and some people have 1-1 carers,
it’s an absolute shit hole and I wouldn’t even put my dog there!!

This is worth reading. The current system is shocking.

.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/28/the-great-care-home-cash-grab-how-private-equity-turned-vulnerable-elderly-people-into-human-atms?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

This is my experience. I’m looking at homes in the Midlands and have seen between £1,100 and £1,800 per week. I still have to start visiting.

So they have two 'packages'. Residential care where you drop folks off and they're taken care of at the facility for £1,558 per week or they offer a live in care service so if someone wants to stay at home a carer will live and care for the person £1,800 per week 7 days a week for two weeks minimum.