Online support tools

There are a number of websites that contain useful information, advice and online tools to help you plan for the future:

• visit the NHS website for information about planning for the future 
• visit the NHS website for information about funding your own care
• visit the Which? website for information about elderly care
• visit the Which? website for information about financing care at home
• visit the Which? website for information about financing a care home
• visit the Age UK website for information about whether you have to sell your home to pay for care
• visit the Independent Age website for information about care home fees and your property
• visit the Money Advice Service website to access the budget planner
• visit the BBC website to use the care calculator
• visit the GOV.UK website for information about making decisions on someone else's behalf
• visit the Money Advice Service website for information about planning ahead for when you cannot manage your money.

Online benefits calculators

You may wish to check that you are getting all the benefits that you are entitled to, you can check this by using one of the calculators below. These two calculators cover all the benefits from councils and the Department of Work and Pensions.

• Visit the Entitledto website to use their free benefits calculator.
• Visit the Turn2us website to use their free benefits calculator.

Last updated: 23/05/2022 16:48