Paying for your care

At the Partnership we provide a range of community-based health and social care services to people in Edinburgh. Many of these services are provided for you free of charge, however in some cases we ask you to pay a contribution towards the cost of these services.

As part of any financial assessment for setting individual charges, we look at:

  • your ability to pay
  • the maximum amount we can charge
  • what you can afford
  • compliance with national guidance
  • discretion for exceptional circumstances.

There are two charging policies that provide more information about charges.

Paying for my care

Care homes

If you are not sure whether you need to pay for your care or not, or are looking to find out how much you will be charged, you can head to the City of Edinburgh Council’s website to work this out.

Making payments

Each care home has its own billing arrangements. They will provide you with information and talk you through the payment options.  Most care homes bill on a four-weekly basis.

Head to the City of Edinburgh Council’s website to find out more and to pay a bill online.

Home care

Looking to work out your financial contributions towards your home care? Visit the City of Edinburgh Council’s website for advice on working out your charges and to pay your bill online.

Getting support

Self-Directed Support lets you take more control over the money available to meet your agreed care and support needs. It allows you to make choices about your support based on the things that are important to you, and to help you stay safe and well.

You can also choose how you want your agreed support to be organised and managed. There are four options to choose from

  1. We provide you with a Direct payment which you use to arrange your support.
  2. You choose your support and ask us or another organisation to arrange and manage it for you.
  3. You ask us to choose and arrange your support.
  4. You choose a combination of Options 1, 2 or 3. 

Any child, adult or carer, who meets the agreed criteria, can ask to manage their own support.

Head to the city of Edinburgh Council’s website to find out more about self-directed support.

What am I eligible for?

We assess a person’s needs to decide if we can offer care and support. We must give priority to people who are at most risk.

If you are assessed as eligible for care, you may be required to pay something towards that care. Anyone who receives a “chargeable service” will be assessed to determine how much they can afford to pay towards the cost of those services; this is called a financial assessment. This financial assessment will be carried out along with a social care assessment.