Continuing Health Care Funding

NHS Continuing Health Care Funding Assessment

Our assessment is based on the official form provided by the NHS. Simply complete the form below to get. We recommend filling in on computer.

If you have any problems or questions about filling out our free assessment, you can schedule a video call with us and we will help you fill out your free assessment correctly.

Schedule a video call

Step 1. Client data.

Title

First Name

Surname

Telephone number

Email address

Address line 1

City

County

Postcode

Your relationship to the patient

Do you hold either Power of Attorney or Deputyship for the patient

Have you taken any steps to secure continuing healthcare funding

Step 2. Patient data.

Patient's title

Patient's First Name

Patient's Surname

Patient's Day of birth

Patient's Day of death (If deceased)

Patient's Address line 1

Patient's City

Patient's County

Patient's Postcode

Patient's Current location

Anticipated date of discharge from hospital, or if already discharged

Step 3. Health data.

Please select the most appropriate option in each category

Please provide details of the patients condition and any diagnosis

1. Breathing

Breathlessness due to a condition which is not responding to therapeutic treatment and limits all daily living activities.

A condition that requires management by a non-invasive device to both stimulate and maintain breathing (non-invasive positive airway pressure, or non-invasive ventilation).

Is able to breathe independently through a tracheotomy that they can manage themselves, or with the support of carers or care workers.

Episodes of breathlessness that do not consistently respond to management and limit some daily activities.

Requires any of the following: low level oxygen (24%):room air ventilators via a facial or nasal mask: other therapeutic appliances to maintain airflow where individual can still spontaneously breathe e.g. CPAP (Continuous Positive Airways Pressure) to manage obstructive apnoea during sleep.

Shortness of breath or a condition, which may require the use of inhalers or a nebuliser and limit some daily living activities.

Episodes of breathlessness that readily respond to management and have no impact on daily living activities.

Shortness of breath or a condition, which may require the use of inhalers or a nebuliser and has no impact on daily living activities.

Normal breathing, no issues with shortness of breath.

2. Nutrition food & Drink

Dysphagia requiring skilled intervention to ensure adequate nutrition/hydration and minimise the risk of choking and aspiration to maintain airway.

Subcutaneous fluids that are managed by the individual or specifically trained carers or care workers.

Problems relating to a feeding device (e.g. PEG) that require skilled assessment and review.

Nutritional status ‘at risk’ and may be associated with unintended, significant weight loss.

Unable to take any food and drink by mouth, but all nutritional requirements are being adequately maintained by artificial means, for example via a non-problematic PEG.

Needs feeding to ensure adequate intake of food and takes a long time (half an hour or more), including liquidised feed.

Significant weight loss or gain due to an identified eating disorder.

Needs supervision, prompting with meals, or may need feeding and/or a special diet (for example to manage food intolerances/allergies).

Able to take food and drink by mouth but requires additional/supplementary feeding.

Able to take adequate food and drink by mouth to meet all nutritional requirements.

3. Continence

Continence care is problematic and requires timely and skilled intervention, beyond routine care. (for example frequent bladder wash outs/irrigation, manual evacuations, frequent re-catheterisation).

Continence care is routine but requires monitoring to minimise risks, for example those associated with urinary catheters, double incontinence, chronic urinary tract infections and/or the management of constipation or other bowel problems.

Incontinence of urine managed through, for example, medication, regular toileting, use of penile sheaths, etc.

Continence care is routine on a day-to-day basis.

Is able to maintain full control over bowel movements or has a stable stoma, or may have occasional faecal incontinence/constipation.

Continent of urine and faeces.

4. Skin

Pressure damage or open wound(s), pressure ulcer(s) with ‘partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and/or dermis’, which is not responding to treatment.

Pressure damage or open wound(s), pressure ulcer(s) with ‘full thickness skin loss involving damage or necrosis to subcutaneous tissue, but not extending to underlying bone, tendon or joint capsule´, which is responding to treatement.

Risk of skin breakdown which requires preventative intervention several times each day, without which skin integrity would break down.

Pressure damage or open wound(s), pressure ulcer(s) with ‘partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and/or dermis’, which is responding to treatment.

An identified skin condition that requires a minimum of daily treatment, or daily monitoring/reassessment to ensure that it is responding to treatment.

Specialist dressing regime in place which is responding to treatment.

Risk of skin breakdown which requires preventative intervention once a day or less than daily, without which skin integrity would break down.

Evidence of pressure damage and/or pressure ulcer(s) either with ‘discolouration of intact skin’ or a minor wound.

A skin condition that requires monitoring or reassessment less than daily and that is responding to treatment or does not currently require treatment.

No risk of pressure damage or skin condition.

5. Mobility

Completely unable to weight bear and is unable to assist or cooperate with transfers and/or repositioning.

Due to risk of physical harm or loss of muscle tone or pain on movement needs careful positioning and is unable to cooperate.

At a high risk of falls (as evidenced in a falls history and risk assessment).

Involuntary spasms or contractures placing the individual or others at risk.

In one position (bed or chair) for majority of the time but is able to cooperate and assist carers or care workers.

At moderate risk of falls (as evidenced in a falls history or risk assessment).

Not able to consistently weight bear.

Completely unable to weight bear but is able to assist or cooperate with transfers and/or repositioning.

Able to weight bear but needs some assistance and/or requires mobility equipment for daily living.

Independently mobile.

6. Comunication

Unable to reliably communicate their needs at any time and in any way, even when all practicable steps to assist them have been taken. The individual has to have most of their needs.

Communication about needs is difficult to understand or interpret or the individual is sometimes unable to reliably communicate, even when assisted. Carers or care workers may be able to anticipate need through non-verbal signs due to familiarity with the individual.

Needs assistance to communicate their needs. Special effort may be needed to ensure accurate interpretation of needs or additional support may be needed either visually, through touch

Able to communicate clearly, verbally or non-verbally. Has a good understanding of their primary language. May require translation if English is not their first language.

7. Psychological

Mood disturbance, hallucinations or anxiety symptoms or periods of distress that have a severe impact on the individual’s health and/or well-being.

Due to their psychological or emotional state the individual has withdrawn from any attempts to engage them in care planning, support and/or daily activities.

Mood disturbance, hallucinations or anxiety symptoms or periods of distress which do not readily respond to prompts, distraction and/or reassurance and have an increasing impact on the individual´s health and/or well-being.

Due to their psychological or emotional state the individual has withdrawn from most attempts to engage them in support, care planning and/or daily activities.

Requires prompts to motivate self towards activity and to engage them in care planning, support and/or daily activities.

Mood disturbance or anxiety symptoms or periods of distress, which are having an impact on their health and/or well-being but respond to prompts, distraction and/or reassurance.

Psychological and emotional needs are not having an impact on their health and well-being.

8. Cognition

Cognitive impairment that could for example include frequent short-term memory issues and maybe disorientation to time and place. The individual has awareness of only a limited range of issues, they are unable to do so on most issues, even with supervision, prompting or assistance.

The individual finds it difficult, even with supervision, prompting or assistance, to make decisions about key aspects of their lives, which consequently puts them at high risk of harm, neglect or health deterioration.

The individual is usually able to make choices appropriate to needs with assistance. However, the individual has limited ability even with supervision, prompting or assistance to make decisions about some aspects of their lives, which consequently puts them at some risk of harm, neglect or health deterioration

Occasional difficulty with memory and decisions/choices requiring support, prompting or assistance. However, the individual has insight into their impairment.

Cognitive impairment (which may include some memory issues) that requires some supervision, prompting and/or assistance with basic care needs and daily living activities. Some awareness of needs and basic risks is evident.

Cognitive impairment which requires some supervision, prompting or assistance with more complex activities of daily living, such as finance and medication, but awareness of basic risks that affect their safety is evident.

No evidence of impairment, confusion or disorientation.

9. Behaviour

‘Challenging’ behaviour of type and/or frequency that poses a predictable risk to self, others or property. The risk assessment indicates that planned interventions are effective in minimising but not always eliminating risks. Compliance is variable but usually responsive to planned interventions.

‘Challenging’ behaviour that follows a predictable pattern. The risk assessment indicates a pattern of behaviour that can be managed by skilled carers or care workers who are able to maintain a level of behaviour that does not pose a risk to self, others or property. The individual is nearly always compliant with care.

Some incidents of ‘challenging’ behaviour. A risk assessment indicates that the behaviour does not pose a risk to self, others or property or create a barrier to intervention. The individual is compliant with all aspects of their care.

No evidence of ‘challenging’ behaviour.

10. Medication

Requires administration and monitoring of medication regime by a registered nurse, carer or care worker specifically trained for this task because there are risks associated with the potential fluctuation of the medical condition or mental state, or risks regarding the effectiveness of the medication of the potential nature or severity of side effects. However, with such monitoring the condiction is usually non-problematic to manage.

Moderate pain or other symptoms which is/are having a significant effect on other domains or on the provision of care.

Requires the administration of medication (by a registered nurse, carer or care worker) due to: non-compliance, or : type of medication (for example insulin); or: route of medication (for example PEG).

Mild pain that is predictable and/or is associated with certain activities of daily living; pain and other symptoms do not have an impact on the provision of care.

Moderate pain which follows a predictable pattern; or other symptoms which are having a moderate effect on other domains or on the provision of care.

Requires supervision/administration of and/or prompting with medication but shows compliance with medication regime.

Symptoms are managed effectively and without any problems, and medication is not resulting in any unmanageable side-effects.

11. Altered states of conciousness (ASC)

Frequent episodes of ASC that require the supervision of a carer or care worker to minimise the risk of harm.

Occasional ASCs that require skilled intervention to reduce the risk of harm.

Occasional (monthly or less frequently) episodes of ASC that require the supervision of a carer or care worker to minimise the risk of harm.

History of ASC but effectively managed and there is a low risk of harm.

No evidence of altered states of consciousness (ASC).

Step 4. Patient's economy.

Amount of losses suffered (care fees paid to date)

Does the patient have savings? if yes approximate amount

Does the patient own a property? if yes approximate value

Patient´s monthly income

Finish evaluation!

Thank you for completing the online assessment form. We will be in contact by email user@user.com within the next 24 hours with your free initial evaluation.

Welcome to our free evaluation