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Paying for care handbook: a guide to services, charges and welfare benefits for adults in need of care in the community or in care homes
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Pauline, et al
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 493p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
Guide to services, charges, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults needing care at home or in supported housing; and their carers. Also covers: the duties of social services and health authorities in arranging residential or nursing home care; how welfare benefits are affected by entering or leaving a care home; the social services means test for those needing help with care home costs; and how the different schemes are administered, the collection and enforcement of charges, challenging decisions and enforcing rights, and common problems.