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Information and advice about deferred payment agreements

In this section

  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    Transition to Care Act requirements
  3. 3
    Definitions
  4. 4
    Information and advice about deferred payment agreements
  5. 5
    Mental capacity
  6. 6
    Eligibility criteria
  7. 7
    Adequate security
  8. 8
    Unregistered property
  9. 9
    Requirements for valuation of the secured property
  10. 10
    Maintenance, insurance and use of secured property
  11. 11
    Amount that can be deferred
  12. 12
    Equity limit
  13. 13
    Applications for a deferred payment agreement
  14. 14
    Refusing a request for a deferred payment agreement
  15. 15
    Financial assessment
  1. 16
    The deferred payment agreement
  2. 17
    Registering the charge over the secured property
  3. 18
    Payment of care costs
  4. 19
    When deferral of further care costs must or may cease
  5. 20
    Charging interest on deferred amounts
  6. 21
    Administrative fees and charges
  7. 22
    Provision of regular financial statements
  8. 23
    Terminating a deferred payment agreement
  9. 24
    Debt recovery
  10. 25
    Dissatisfaction and complaints
  11. 26
    Review
  12. 27
    APPENDIX 1 - Deferred Payment Agreement (Traditional)
  13. 28
    APPENDIX 2 - Deferred Payment Agreement (Loan style)
  14. 29
    Policy details

4.1    Paying for care home costs particularly over the longer term can significantly affect someone’s financial position. It is essential that people have access to information and advice to enable them to make informed choices about their options for funding their care costs.

4.2    The council will provide and/or signpost people to information about:

  • Options for paying for care home costs including by means of a deferred payment agreement
  • How the county council’s deferred payment scheme operates.
  • Sources of independent financial advice

4.3    Information will be made available in formats which comply with the Equality Act 2010.

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