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Dear Alan Andrews

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on 3 May 2022 in
relation to the cost of care. We have considered your request and provide
the following information:-

(1) The typical cost that would be charged to a member of the public, for
a care home, per week, procured by the council (assuming no
reliefs/discounts applicable). Please could you tell me the weekly price
for residential care, nursing care and nursing care with dementia. For
each pls can you itemise separately the personal care element.

There is no typical charge for residential services, everyone is subject
to a financial assessment to establish if they have to contribute anything
towards the cost of care.

(2) The typical cost that would be charged to a member of the public, for
an hour of home care procured by the council (assuming no
reliefs/discounts applicable). Please could you itemise separately the
personal care element if one exists.

There is no typical charge for domiciliary care, everyone is subject to a
financial assessment to establish if they have to contribute anything
towards the cost of care. Domiciliary care is capped at £100 a week

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request please contact [1][Caerphilly County Borough Council request email].

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Governance Unit

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004

You have the right to appeal against our decision.
If you wish to appeal please set out If you are unhappy with that decision
in writing your grounds of appeal you have the right to appeal to:
and send to:
Information Commissioner’s Office –
Corporate Information Governance Wales
Unit 2nd Floor, Churchill House
Caerphilly county borough council, Churchill Way
Penallta House Cardiff CF10 2HH
Tredomen Park
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Tel: 0330 414 6421

Appeals will be determined by an Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk
appropriate senior officer.
Email: [3][email address]

Re-use of information without

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by Caerphilly County Borough Council, please contact us. Authorisation to
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How we will use your information

Caerphilly County Borough Council will process your request, the
information relevant to your request, your identity and contact details
for the purposes of providing you with a response.  A copy of your request
and your response will be kept for 3 years.  Some requests and responses
may be kept longer but this will be in an anonymised form.  

Your request including your identity and contact details will be
distributed to relevant service areas and elected members who may either
hold the information you have requested or are involved in the processing
of requests.  Other organisations and individuals who may be affected by
the disclosure of the information you have requested may be consulted
prior to a decision being made on the disclosure.

If you have made a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
or others in relation to the processing of your request, copies of your
request, response and any additional correspondence between you and
Caerphilly County Borough Council in relevant to your request may be
shared with them.

You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the
right of access to information we hold about you and the right of
complaint if you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your
request or your information.

For further information on how we process your information and your rights
please click the following link:

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