Legislation

Section 54 – Funding by resident etc of more expensive accommodation

Introduction

This section established a framework for top-up payments – additional payments to meet a shortfall between the amount a local authority is willing to pay for residential accommodation and the actual cost of a person’s preferred accommodation. This topic is now dealt with, in England, by the Care Act 2014 and, in Wales, by the […]

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