Publications - residential and nursing care

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Guide to Residential Care
Published annually. Currently Autumn 2011 – Autumn 2012
Detailed list of residential and nursing care homes in Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton; information and advice about choosing a care home, including a checklist of questions and things to look out for when visiting a care home.
You can now view a digital version of the Guide online by clicking on the link below. Please allow a few seconds for the Guide to load. Once it is loaded, take a minute or two to read the navigation instructions on the left hand page and to click on the 'Menu' button in order to learn about the features which you can use to make it easier for you to read this digital version.
view the online residential care guide

Paying for Residential Care
Apr 2012
Information about what is taken into account in the financial assessment for people applying to the County Council for financial help towards the cost of residential care; information and advice for people who have to pay the full cost of care themselves.

Download a copy of Paying for Residential Care 765kb

Forms

Important - please note: These forms are for information only and should not be completed and sent directly to HCC. Funding for residential care is only agreed after a care assessment has been completed.

Statement of Financial Circumstances (SAS4)
April 2011
Form for collecting information about financial circumstances of people applying for financial help from the County Council towards the cost of residential care.

Download a copy of SAS4 354kb
Client contribution forms
SAS4C
August 2009
Form for service users who have been assessed as needing residential care to sign to say that they have received a copy of Paying for Residential Care, and the SAS4 form, and understand that they will have to pay a charge for residential care.

Download a copy of SAS4C 992kb
SAS4H
April 2011
This form should only be completed for clients going into a Local Authority hostel for a short stay - where they do not wish to give details of their financial circumstances or they are on Income Support only and live alone. In all other cases for Local Authority Hostel clients - either permanent or not on Income Support and living alone, please complete a SAS4 - Statement of Financial Circumstances form

Download a copy of SAS4H 190kb
SAS4R
August 2009
Form for the representative of a service user who has been assessed as needing residential care to sign to say that they have received a copy of Paying for Residential Care, and the SAS4 form, and understand that the person they represent will have to pay a charge for residential care.

Download a copy of SAS4R
Deferred Payments Scheme (SAS13)
April 2007 [reviewed 2011]
Information about the County Council’s deferred payments’ scheme, which allows people to use their home as security for a loan to pay their residential care costs.

Download a copy of SAS13 1mb