Costs & Financial Planning
We believe that costs should be transparent and we try our best to keep it simple.
You ask – We answer.
Live-in care arranged through Even Care Ltd will cost you between:
£980 to £1,400 per week
Run from our Head Office in Norwich, available Nationwide
All our potential customers like you are entitled to a free, no obligation quotation as every care package is bespoke.
Please call us on
for your personalised quotation.
Food Allowance
Most of our clients like their carer to eat with them and for the carer's food to be included in the weekly shop so no additional food allowance is required.
If the carer and the client have different diets or won’t be eating with the client then a food allowance may be more appropriate. In this case, a figure in the region of £40-£50 a week is recommended.
Travel Allowance
Unless previously agreed, our carers will not charge a travel allowance.
Housekeeping
Should you wish your Live-in Carer to be responsible for the household expenses e.g. food shopping, paying the gardener/cleaner etc. It’s a good idea to establish financial arrangements to manage this between you as soon as possible.
The key to this is deciding how you will make monies available, how you will replenish them, and how you wish the Carer to record transactions. There are several ways you could consider doing this:
-
Give the carer a debit card for an account specifically used for housekeeping. You can then see and monitor the transactions online.
By choosing one of these cards you can add funds to a debit card for the carer to use, this gives you control and flexibility of the monies that you provide to your carer for covering day to day sundries. We have included some links here for your convenience.
We recommend that you ask your Carers to ensure all receipts are given to you or put somewhere for your relatives to collect when they visit. Whichever method you choose, do remind the Carer to handover the bank card to the next Carer on a changeover day.
Insurance
We would always advise that it is good practice to advise your Home Insurers that you will have a carer temporarily residing in your home. It is important to let the insurers know that the Carer will not be registered as living permanently in the home.
Car Insurance
It is our responsibility to check that the carer we introduce to you has a valid driving licence when we register them if you have asked us to find you a carer that can drive.
This is where our responsibility ends.
If you want your carer to drive your car then please contact your insurer and arrange for a policy whichwill cover them to do so.
If you/your relative wish to be driven by a carer in a car owned by them then please ensure you view the carer’s insurance documents and their MOT certificate too.