Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health and the Corporate Director of Social Care, Health and Wellbeing and to consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member on the proposed decision to amend the rates payable and charges levied for a range of care and support services, as detailed in the report.

Miss M Goldsmith, Finance Business Partner, was in attendance for this and the following item.

1.            Miss Goldsmith introduced the report and explained that most of the charges were those which had applied year on year, with only one charge being new this year. This charge, for home care and other non-residential care and support, was the subject of the item B3 on this agenda. The proposal to introduce an annual arrangement fee for self-funders was discussed under this item and was ultimately endorsed, after being put to the vote. The discussion of item B3 is covered in minute 7.

2.            RESOLVED that the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, to:

a)    approve the proposed changes to the rates payable and charges levied for Adult Social Care Services in 2017-18, as follows:

                   an increase to:

                                          i.    Client contributions for residential care – older people  £467.70

                                        ii.    Client contributions for residential care – people with learning disabilities £637.57

                                       iii.    Deferred Payment Scheme – the Initial fee £484.80 and annual fee £65.65

                                       iv.    Wellbeing Charge - Better Homes Active Lives Scheme for older people £15.16

                                        v.    Wellbeing Charge - Better Homes Active Lives Scheme for people with learning disabilities £45.36

                                       vi.    Notional charges for Day Care:

Learning Disability – day centre £38.02

Learning Disability – day centre half day £19.01

Older People – day centre £30.29

Older People – day centre half day £15.15

Physical Disability – day centre £36.16

Physical Disability – day centre half day £18.08

Older People with Mental Health Needs – day centre £35.80

                                      vii.    Notional  Homecare charge;

Social ½ hour – £7.77

Social ¾ hour - £10.36

Social 1 hour - £13.44

Unsocial ½ hour - £8.81

Unsocial ¾ hour - £11.65

Unsocial 1 hour - £14.91

                                    viii.    Client contributions for Meals Charges

Meal Charge £3.94

Meals and other snacks £4.94

Refreshments flat rate charge of £1

                                       ix.    Other Local Authority charges.

Assessment hourly rate to increase to £70.27

Introduce:

                                        x.    Annual arrangement fee of £104 for self- funders – non-residential care

                   note:

                                       xi.    The charge for Personal Expenses Allowance.

                                      xii.    The recommendation to continue the £10 charge for blue badge

                                    xiii.    The continuation of the Voluntary Drivers mileage rate

                                    xiv.    The rates for consultancy work and key publications

and confirm  the charge for other Local Authorities for use of in-house respite residential beds is to be calculated on the basis of full cost recovery; and

b)    delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, or other nominated officer, to undertake the necessary actions to implement the decision,

be endorsed.