Common use of Universal Deferred Payments Clause in Contracts

Universal Deferred Payments. The Care Act 2014 established a requirement for a universal deferred payments scheme which means that people should not be forced to sell their homes in their lifetime to pay for the cost of their care. A deferred payment is, in effect, a loan against the value of the property which has to be repaid either from disposal of the property at some point in the future or from other sources. The scheme has now been running since April 2015 as all Councils in England are required to provide a deferred payment scheme for local residents who go to live in residential or nursing care, own a property and have other assets with a value below a pre-determined amount (currently £23,250). They must also have assessed care needs for residential or nursing care. The deferred payments policy is now fully implemented and the Council now has the ability to recover any reasonable costs it may incur in setting up a DPA from the Client, the costs of which is included in the total deferred or may be paid as and when they are incurred. Interest (rate advised by the Department of Health and changed every 6 months) is also now being added to the balance outstanding on the deferred arrangement on a compound daily basis, in accordance with the regulations.