Written by Oliver Wakefield-Smith. Reviewed for accuracy against the Homecare Association's 2026/27 minimum-price report and Age UK's 2026 factsheets. Numbers verified 21 June 2026.
Sources: every cited number on this site
Every cited number on every page of this site links to one of the sources below. The list is alphabetised by publisher. Each entry includes the URL, the page title and the date it was last checked. If a source has been retired or moved, the entry is corrected within the same week the change is flagged.
Primary sources
See the named author and reviewer for editorial responsibility.
- Age UK: Paying for homecare; FS10 Paying for permanent residential care; FS20 NHS Continuing Healthcare. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Alzheimer's Society: Paying for care services. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Care Quality Commission: How to choose a care home or care agency. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Carers UK: Taking a break from caring. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Dementia UK: Funding care. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Department of Health and Social Care: Social care charging for local authorities 2025-26; National Framework for NHS CHC. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- GOV.UK: Attendance Allowance; Carer's Allowance; Direct payments; Employ someone. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Homecare Association: Minimum price for homecare 2026/27; Code of Practice. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Hospice UK: Information and support. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- House of Commons Library: Reforming adult social care funding in England (CBP-7903). Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Marie Curie: Marie Curie nurses. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- NHS: Care after a hospital stay; NHS Continuing Healthcare. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- NIDirect: Financial assessment: care home or supported living. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- SCIE: Personal budgets at a glance. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Scottish Government: Free personal and nursing care; Charging for social care. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- Skills for Care: The state of the adult social care sector and workforce. Last checked 21 June 2026.
- UK Supreme Court: Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake (2021 UKSC 8). Settled case law.
- Welsh Government: Maximum weekly charge for non-residential social care; Paying for care. Last checked 21 June 2026.
Refresh cadence
- Annual: Homecare Association minimum price (October), Age UK factsheets (April), DHSC charging guidance (April), Welsh and Scottish thresholds (April).
- As-changed: GOV.UK and NHS pages monitored monthly for amendments.
- Spot: provider pricing pages re-checked monthly during business hours.