Quick guide to community care practice and the law / Michael Mandelstam.
This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law. In clear and simple language, it explains the legislation directly relevant to practitioners, including: rules about how people in need get...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via ProQuest) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2010.
|
| Series: | Quick Guides Social & Health Care Law & Practice.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law. In clear and simple language, it explains the legislation directly relevant to practitioners, including: rules about how people in need get an assessment from local authorities; the assessment of need itself; eligibility for actually getting a service (and the 'fair access to care' policy); charging for services; ordinary residence; topping up of care home fees; assessing informal carers; and, the rules about asylum seekers. It provide. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857003737 0857003739 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |