Discusses the confusion over funding of nursing home patients; whether people that have been discharged into the community are still entitled to social security benefits to pay their nursing home fees or whether the NHS is responsible.
Discusses the confusion over funding of nursing home patients; whether people that have been discharged into the community are still entitled to social security benefits to pay their nursing home fees or whether the NHS is responsible.
Subject terms:
NHS, nursing homes, older people, benefits, charges, community care, financing;
Problems of arranging care for elderly people in their own home or in private residential accommodation exist when there is an emphasis on who pays what. Examines the dilemma in the light of new legislation.
Problems of arranging care for elderly people in their own home or in private residential accommodation exist when there is an emphasis on who pays what. Examines the dilemma in the light of new legislation.
Subject terms:
law, older people, private sector, residential care, benefits, community care, financing;
HMSO/Great Britain. Social Security Advisory Committee
Publication year:
1993
Pagination:
169p.,tables,bibliog.
Place of publication:
London
Comparative study looking at financial support for informal carers which has been introduced in some developed countries in the light of demographic trends experienced across Europe.
Comparative study looking at financial support for informal carers which has been introduced in some developed countries in the light of demographic trends experienced across Europe.
Subject terms:
informal care, older people, residential care, benefits, carers, comparative studies, demographics;
Content type:
government publication
Location(s):
Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Sweden
Series name:
(Great Britain. Social Security Advisory Committee; research paper 5)
A sociological study of key factors affecting older people. Includes papers on: the experience of ageing with a disability; money and independence; ageing, gender and the organisation of physical activities; emotional and sexual adjustment in later life; housing; class, caring and the life course; service needs of black and minority ethnic elders; institutional care; and social security and the life course.
A sociological study of key factors affecting older people. Includes papers on: the experience of ageing with a disability; money and independence; ageing, gender and the organisation of physical activities; emotional and sexual adjustment in later life; housing; class, caring and the life course; service needs of black and minority ethnic elders; institutional care; and social security and the life course.
Subject terms:
independence, housing, older people, physical disabilities, sexuality, sociology, benefits, black and minority ethnic people;
Student text book which uses a social problems approach to social welfare and social work in the United States. Includes chapters on: social work as a profession and career; poverty and public welfare; emotional problems and counselling; family services; sexuality; drug abuse; crime and juvenile delinquency; education and school social work; racism and equal rights; sexism; older people; medical social services; physical and mental disabilities; and social work practice.
Student text book which uses a social problems approach to social welfare and social work in the United States. Includes chapters on: social work as a profession and career; poverty and public welfare; emotional problems and counselling; family services; sexuality; drug abuse; crime and juvenile delinquency; education and school social work; racism and equal rights; sexism; older people; medical social services; physical and mental disabilities; and social work practice.
Subject terms:
hospital social work, medical social work, medical social workers, mental health, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, racial equality, racism, school social work, school social workers, social welfare, social work, social care provision, social work theories, students, young offenders, anti-social behaviour, benefits, counselling, crime, drug misuse, families, equal opportunities, gender;