We can provide information about services and our assessment process and charging policy. However, we cannot give you financial advice.
This section includes helpful links to external sources of information to guide you toward the support available to you.
- financial management
- budgeting
- planning and paying for care
When to seek independent financial advice
To make informed choices about care costs, now and in the future. We recommend seeking impartial and independent advice from a financial advisor.
There may be times when you need impartial, independent financial advice to help you make informed decisions about paying for care.
For example:
- if there are a number of options available, and we are not allowed to recommend one
- when there is potential conflict between your interests and ours
- when you are about to enter a legal agreement, such as a deferred payment agreement, but we cannot advise whether you should enter into it or not
- where you want advice on specific financial products to get the most out of your assets.
There are independent financial advisors (IFAs) who can give you advice on financial matters and recommend suitable financial products. You may need to pay for their advice.
Government advice - MoneyHelper
The government have set up a specialist website, MoneyHelper. Through the Money and Pensions Service.
The MoneyHelper website provides information about paying for care, as well as a directory of Retirement Advisors. All of whom are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
You can find out more about this service at VoiceAbility | Lincolnshire
Independent advocate
If you don't have any family or friends to help you, and you think getting or understanding independent financial advice may be difficult. We may be able to provide you with a free independent advocate.
The advocate can act on your behalf to ensure you get the most out of any independent financial advice you receive.
Benefit Support
The easiest way to find out if you are entitled to any benefits is to use an online calculator.
- You can consider ways to maximise your income by checking the benefits and financial support you can get on GOV.UK
- Turn2us
- Entitledto
- Betteroffcalculator
- The government run a number of disability benefits helplines. Which can help with existing claims for Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Useful sources of information
- Lincolnshire Care Services Directory can help you in your search for care and support in Lincolnshire.
- for information on all registered care homes and the standards you have a right to expect, visit the Care Quality Commission (CQC) website.
- the Society of Later Life Advisers: the society can help you find advice on how to make financial plans for care in your old age.
- Age UK: has advice for older people and those planning for their later years.
- Carers UK: a resource of advice for carers who need to help someone else.
- Citizens Advice Bureau: provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities.
- the Money Advice Service set up by the government to provide free and impartial money advice information on a broad range of matters and has specific advice around paying for care.
- managing someone else's affairs can mean a number of things, found out more Managing affairs for someone else - Citizens Advice
Contacting adult social care
Social care support – Contacting adult social care - Lincolnshire County Council
To speak to one of our advisers please call 01522 782155.