Community Care Practice and the Law

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An extensive guide to the law for service users and providers in the community, this book in primarily aimed at those working in social services and primary care trusts. -- Nursing Standard It meets the challenge of being extensive (it is difficult to capture this topic comprehensively due to its vastness and ever-changing nature) and up to date, and has been revised due to the substantial legal and policy changes that affect the community care field. It is well referenced and provides examples of legal cases and ombudsman investigations that facilitate an understanding of the law, and will allow psychotherapists to reflect on real-life experiences. The main strength of this book is that information is easy to access. -- Journal of Physiotherapy, March 2007 The third edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been substantially reworked from the previous edition... This book is essential reading for practitioners, managers and students who need a practical guide to the law as it applies to community care practice... it is an ideal book to dip into and is easy to navigate. -- British Journal of Occupational Therapy This book is set out coherently and with clear cross referencing... Mandelstam achieves the difficult task of providing an adequate description of legal issues with detailed analysis and thorough application; this is to his credit. It will appeal to and should be considered an essential text reference for specialist practitioners and managers in health and social care. -- Journal of Community Nursing Michael Mandelstam's book, Community Care Practice and the Law, is superb- the more you look at it, the more you will find it of relevance. Care home providers and managers need to know and understand the law, especially when dealing with local authorities and other outside bodies such as Commission for Social Care Inspection. I've put this book to the test and it comes through with flying colours. -- Caring Times The test of this kind of book is whether it does its job as an authoritative reference tool. I tried it out by looking up a few random areas - direct payments for carers, information sharing, statutory duty to provide accommodation, the legal status of care plans. Moreover topics could be easily pinpointed equally well from the index or the contents page.

The book is in five parts; part one provides an overview and covers underlying mechanisms, legal principles, good administration and remedies; part two considers community care legislation and guidance; part three covers housing adaptations, housing adaptations, NHS services and joint working; part four explores adult protection, decision making capacity, information sharing, human rights and disability discrimination and part five covers health and safety at work, negligence, contract and national regulation of care provision. Community Care Practice and the Law proves itself to be comprehensive and monumentally authoritative. -- Tony Gillam, Mental Health Practice Author Michael Mandelstam provides a refreshing account of community care practice in an enlightening, highly informative way. The use of case law is helpful in explaining and making sense of the law, which can be complex, daunting and difficult to understand. The book's diversity is also welcome, addressing issues relating to people from different backgrounds and circumstances on account of age,gender, race and disability. The information in Mandelstam's text is retreiveable, lively and up-to-date. The structure is supported by the use of 'key points', background information and an overview and context in which the subject area is discussed. Subjects include placement in care homes, assessment, adaptations and services, information sharing, human rights and much more. -- Community Practitioner Not only should it be of use to students, current managers and practitioners will find it of use as reference...The author is an acknowledged and widely-published authority on these matters, and manages in 500-plus pages to give not only definitive legal advice for England, but also general pointers to the position in the other three countries in the UK. -- Care and Health Magazine