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...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2010.
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| Series: | Quick Guides Social & Health Care Law & Practice.
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Table of Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Quick Guide to Community Care Practice and the Law; Contents; PREFACE; 1. Introduction; 2. How community care law and practice works; 3. When things go wrong; 4. Getting a community care assessment and getting services; 5. Community care services: care homes; 6. Community care services: help in people's own homes; 7. Informal carers; 8. Direct payments: giving people money; 9. Personalisation and safeguarding adults; 10. Asylum and immigration; 11. Ordinary residence; 12. Home adaptations; 13. The National Health Service; 14. NHS continuing health care.