Issue - meetings

RESOLVED: That the decision previously made at 29 January 2015 Executive of a new social care charging framework with social care customers, carers and residents in Wokingham Borough be confirmed. The recommendations are as follows:

1)        that all chargeable services will be charged for, subject to a financial assessment, with the objective of removing subsidies for those who can afford to fund the cost of their care package (generally those with more than £23,250 in savings);

2)        that the new charges are phased in for those currently receiving services such that any increase in charges is capped at £50 per week up until the end of March 2017, but that the full charge is applied thereafter.

The Executive considered a report relating to confirmation of changes to charging for attendance at Adult Social Care Day Centres as agreed at the 29 January Executive meeting. 

The Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing clarified that the Executive, at its meeting on 29 January 2015, agreed full cost recovery for day services subject to a maximum additional charge of £50 per week up to March 2017 before introducing the full charge for 2017/18 onwards.  Unfortunately this change was inadvertently omitted in the fees and charges document that was considered by the Executive at its meeting on 19 February 2015 and therefore the decision made at that meeting reversed the decision made on 29 January 2015.

RESOLVED: That the decision previously made at 29 January 2015 Executive of a new social care charging framework with social care customers, carers and residents in Wokingham Borough be confirmed. The recommendations are as follows:

1)        that all chargeable services will be charged for, subject to a financial assessment, with the objective of removing subsidies for those who can afford to fund the cost of their care package (generally those with more than £23,250 in savings);

2)        that the new charges are phased in for those currently receiving services such that any increase in charges is capped at £50 per week up until the end of March 2017, but that the full charge is applied thereafter.