Financial and legal information

Understand the different ways you can pay for dementia care, and the amount you might be expected to pay.

People living with dementia, or caring for someone with dementia, may be eligible for some benefits.

Find out more about the reductions, discounts and exemptions people affected by dementia may be eligible for.

This money, allocated by a local authorities, can be given to meet care and support needs for anyone who is also eligible. You can also find out more about Direct payment options.

NHS continuing healthcare is a package of care arranged and funded by the NHS.

Help available if you are worried about bills or are struggling financially.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards protect those who are receiving care and support in such a way that it limits their freedom.

A lasting power of attorney lets someone with dementia choose someone, or several people, to make decisions for them in the future if they were unable to.

Deputyship is for when decisions need to be made for someone that has lost the ability to make certain decisions for themselves and there is no lasting power of attorney in place.

How to keep yourself and others safe, and who to contact if you are concerned about someone who may be at risk.

Sometimes, the law allows a person with serious mental health needs, which can include dementia, to be detained in hospital against their will, so they receive a vital assessment or treatment when other routes have failed.

People with dementia may lose mental capacity and become unable to make some decisions. The Act protects people’s decision-making rights when they do and don’t have capacity to make a decision.

What care assessments are and how people with dementia, and their carers, can access them.

Advance decisions and advance statements are two ways of planning for how you are cared for and treated in the future.