When you’re caring for a parent, Sorted handles the admin.
Last verified 5 Jun 2026 · Source DWP + NHS + Office of the Public Guardian + Age UK + Carers UKAround 13.6 million UK adults provide unpaid care — most of them children helping aging parents. The hardest part isn’t the caring. It’s the paperwork around it: Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit, Power of Attorney, NHS Continuing Healthcare, care home fees, hospital discharge rights, Carer’s Allowance. Sorted lays out every UK route in plain English.
Four areas of caring admin.
Click any to start. Each routes you into the Sorted tool that handles that area.
Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit & more.
Most over-65s in care situations are entitled to support nobody told them about. Attendance Allowance alone is missed by 3.4 million UK pensioners. Pension Credit unlocks free TV licence, council tax help, and Cold Weather Payments.
- Attendance Allowance (up to £110.40/week)
- Pension Credit (avg £4,200/yr)
- Carer’s Allowance for you (£82.90/wk)
- Council Tax disregard for carers
Lasting Power of Attorney before it’s too late.
LPA must be set up while the person still has mental capacity. Once they don’t, the only route is a court Deputyship Order — around £1,800 and 4–6 months. LPA itself is £82 each (Property & Financial + Health & Welfare).
- LPA Property & Financial Affairs (£82)
- LPA Health & Welfare (£82)
- Will (or update if outdated)
- Tell Us Once registration ready
NHS Continuing Healthcare or council means test.
NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is 100% NHS-funded care. The eligibility test is brutal but worth fighting — it’s the difference between paying £1,000+/week or paying nothing. Sorted has a full CHC suite with appeal letter generators.
- NHS CHC eligibility & 12 domains
- Funded Nursing Care (£235.88/wk top-up)
- Council means test (£23,250 threshold)
- 12-week property disregard
Carer’s Allowance, respite & your rights.
Caring is the most expensive job in the UK that doesn’t pay a wage — but you may be entitled to more than you realise. Carer’s Allowance, Carer Premium on UC, NI credits to protect your State Pension, statutory 1-week unpaid Carer’s Leave (since 2024).
- Carer’s Allowance (£82.90/wk)
- Carer Premium on UC (+£45.60/wk)
- NI credits (protect State Pension)
- Statutory Carer’s Leave (1 week unpaid/yr)
Six common situations — what to do first.
If one of these just happened, click for the immediate next step.
Mum or Dad had a fall
NHS 111 first if not an emergency. Get a falls assessment via GP. Council Adult Social Care can fund grab rails, alarms, key-safes — usually within 2 weeks for an urgent referral.
See NHS routes →Dad’s getting confused
Ask the GP for a dementia assessment + Memory Clinic referral. Set up LPA NOW while he has capacity. Apply for Attendance Allowance (no medical test — just functional impact).
Open the CHC + LPA route →We need home adaptations
Disabled Facilities Grant: up to £30,000 (England) for stairlifts, walk-in showers, ramps. Apply via council Occupational Therapy referral. Means-tested but property is disregarded.
Find UK grants →Hospital discharge planned
You have the legal right to a Care Act assessment BEFORE discharge. Hospital can’t discharge to home without one if needs are complex. Up to 6 weeks free post-discharge care under "intermediate care" / "reablement".
Open discharge rights →Care home fees coming
Means test threshold: £23,250 in savings. Below that, council pays (with contribution). Above, self-funded BUT 12-week property disregard. NHS CHC is 100% funded if eligibility met.
Open care funding suite →End of life planning
LPA Health & Welfare lets you make decisions if they can’t. Advance Decision (living will) is legally binding. Tell Us Once after death — one form covers DWP, HMRC, Passport, DVLA, councils, NHS.
Open bereavement roadmap →More guides for carers.
Save this to your Sorted Passport.
Sorted Passport stores your active cases privately on your device — no login, nothing leaves your phone. Open it before every appointment, hospital meeting, or council call so you have every deadline and figure to hand.