At some point in their lives, virtually everyone has community care needs. Society is increasingly aware that community care does not solely concern the needs of elderly people or those with mental health difficulties. Indeed, in modern society Beethoven would qualify for services by virtue of his physical and sensory difficulties. "Community Care and the Law" has become the key text for anyone dealing with community care issues. Since its first publication in 1996, the area of community care law has continued to develop in a piecemeal fashion. Lawyers, advisers, local authorities and charities need a text to guide them through the resulting hotchpotch of complex and often overlapping legislative and case-law decisions. "Community Care and the Law" provides that guidance.
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'This is a key text for lawyers, advisers, local authorities and charities working in the field of community care. It provides essential information about social service functions and regulatory regimes. In addition, the text has been fully revised and updated to include relevant legislation covering community care issues.' Child Right
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Höhe: 246 mm
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978-1-903307-47-2 (9781903307472)
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LUKE CLEMENTS is a solicitor and consultant with Scott-Moncrieff Harbour and Sinclair (London). He is a member of the Law Society's Mental Health and Disability Committee; he is community care legal adviser to Carers UK and a Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff Law School, University of Wales.Pauline Thompson is a policy adviser at Age Concern England covering Care Finance. She has worked in local authority social work and welfare rights. Pauline is on the editorial board of the Community Care Law Reports.
* social services functions and the regulatory regime * strategic planning * access to information, data protection and confidentiality * duty to assess * provision of services and the care plan * ordinary residence * residential accommodation * domiciliary and community based services * direct payments and the Independent Living Funds * NHS responsibilities for community care services * carers * charging for community care services * learning disability and mental capacity * older people's services * mental health service users * services for drug and alcohol misusers * housing and community care * disabled children's services * remedies
