The Elderly Client Handbook
3rd Edition
Published on 3. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-1-85328-872-2 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition has been updated with the help of new editors and contributors drawn from the membership of Solicitors for the Elderly and experts in the fields of mental capacity, mental health and employment law. The book continues to be essential reading to any solicitor aiming to provide an all-round service to elderly clients. The third edition includes: The Draft Mental Incapacity Bill 2003; The Law Society's Enduring Power of Attorney Guidelines; Law Society's Gifts of Property Guidelines; BBA Guidance on Enduring Power of Attorney and Receivership
Reviews / Votes
'I can highly recommend the Elderly Client Handbook as essential reading for all who seek one-stop access to the key areas, including, not only legal advisers, but social workers, carers and all who provide services to the elderly.' New Law JournalMore details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85328-872-2 (9781853288722)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Caroline Bielanska | Martin Terrell
Elderly Client Handbook
Book
10/2009
4th Edition
The Law Society
€105.42
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Previous edition
Gordon Ashton | Anne Edis
The Elderly Client Handbook
Book
05/2000
2nd Edition
The Law Society
€66.99
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Persons
Gordon R Ashton is a former practising solicitor, District Judge and Deputy Master of the Court of Protection. He is editor of Butterworths Older Client Law Service and author of Mental Handicap and the Law (1992) and Elderly People and the Law (1995). Martin Terrell is a partner at Rix & Kay. He author of A Practitioner's Guide to the Court of Protection (2003) and a regular contributor to Heywood & Massey, Tolley's Finance & Law for the Older Client, Butterworths Older Client Legal Service and Elderly Client Adviser. Caroline Bielanska is a solicitor, lecturer, freelance consultant and co-chair of Solicitors for the Elderly. She is technical editor of Coldrick on Personal Injury Trusts, on the editorial board of and regular contributor to the Elderly Client Adviser and a member of the PGO's Consultative Forum.
Content
1. Capacity; 2. Acting for the Elderly Client; 3. The Elderly Client Practice; 4. Managing the Affairs of the Elderly; 5. Legal Proceedings; 6. The Elderly Client, Society and the Law; 7. Community Care Policies; 8. Services in the Community; 9. Care Homes; 10. Provision of Health Care; 11. Medical Treatment; 12. Mental Health Legislation; 13. Social Security Benefits; 14. Local Authority Support; 15. Other Financial Support; 16. Employment; 17. Financial Matters; 18. Housing; 19. Gifts; 20. Testamentary Dispositions and Trusts; 21. Death; Appendix