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Care home handbook
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
Handbook providing information to service users and their carers about the issues around deciding on a care home, finding and paying for one, and living in a care home. Sections cover: Making a decision about care; Choosing a care home; Paying for a care home; Living in a care home, and Making a complaint. The final section provides a list of organisations that can provide further information and advice. Content is relevant for people in England and Wales.
Care contradictions: higher charges and fewer services: Counsel and Care’s national survey of local authority care charging and eligibility criteria 2006
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A national survey of local authorities conducted by Counsel and Care has revealed that older people who need social care services are subjected to a triple lottery based on where they live; how their local authority applies the eligibility criteria for care services; and the charging policy of their local authority. The National Survey of Local Authority Care Charging and Eligibility Criteria 2006 shows that it is very difficult for older people to access support in the community, unless their needs are very high. Two-thirds of all local authorities surveyed have set their criteria at the top two levels of substantial or critical need, indicating that there are many people whose needs fall below this level and are not being met by social care services.