Care homes – placements, fees and budget

Care Home Fee rates (£s)

1. What was the lowest rate (£ per week) you paid for placing a person in your area for 2018/19 and 2019/20 based on the categories detailed below. Please disregard Funding Nursing Care (FNC) from these calculations.

Fee Rates – Older People (65+) FY2018/19 FY2019/20 What percentage of placements do these rates refer to?
Residential
Residential Dementia
Nursing (excl. FNC)
Nursing Dementia (excl. FNC)
Fee Rates – Working Aged Adults (18-64)
Residential
Nursing (excl. FNC)

2. What is the total number of placements made for permanent and respite care for 2018/2019 & 2019 & 2020
Total number of Placements made for: FY2018/19 FY2019/20
Permanent Care
Respite Care

3. Please provide the average weekly fee paid (net of FNC) for the categories detailed below for the full last financial year (18/19) and provide the number of residents this average fee applies to
e.g. Residential Placements 50% (250 residents) placed at the Usual rate of £Y per week

Fee Rates – Older People (65+) Average weekly Fee Rate (2018/19) No. of Residents average fee rate applies
Residential
Residential Dementia
Nursing (excl. FNC)
Nursing Dementia (excl. FNC)
Other (Placements not within above categories)

In response to questions 1-3, please see the full response and tables available via the link below.

We should clarify that we do not hold the information that you have requested in relation to questions 1 and 3 the full financial year as we do not record this information.  We have therefore provided you instead with a snapshot of this information on the dates we have indicated.

Response to questions 1-3

Adult Social Care Revenue Budget 2018/19 (£,000s)
• How much of your agreed Adult Social Care Revenue Budget for 2019/20 is planned to be spent (£,000s) on funding placements across the following categories:
Budget 2018/19 Older People (65+) Working Aged Adults (18-64)
Residential Care Homes
Nursing Care Homes
Remainder of Budget

Please find our response to this question available via the link below:

Response to question 4

• Under which categories is the Agreed Social Care Revenue Budget for 2018/19 planned to be spent? How much is allocated to each? How much on average has council tax (within the Local Authority) gone up by to be then spent on adult social care?

This information is available online at:

https://www.devon.gov.uk/finance-and-budget/council-tax/adult-social-care-precept-shown-council-tax-bill/adult-social-care-201920/

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

Can you please provide the latest Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for the Local Authority?

This information is available online at:

http://www.devonhealthandwellbeing.org.uk/jsna/