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Some variations in policy and procedure relating to Part III applications in the GLC area
- Author:
- NEILL June
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 1982, pp.229-245.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a telephone survey which revealed variations in the ways Part III applications were defined, in the criteria used to decide their eligibility and priority, and in the procedures used to make these decisions.
Family caregivers and decision-making for older people with dementia
- Authors:
- GIERTZ Lottie, EMILSSON Ulla Melin, VINGARE Emme-Li
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 41(3), 2019, pp.321-338.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article addresses the dilemmas concerning legislation, individual autonomy and the reality of everyday life for people coping with dementia. This study describes and analyse decision-making in relation to older people with dementia in Sweden, within the area of social work regulated by the Social Services Act and the Parental Act. Swedish legislation is based on the individual’s autonomy and capacity to consent to services without anyone having legal authority to decide on behalf of the individual. Based on data from interviews with family caregivers living at home, decision-making through family caregivers is discussed and formal guardianship is also considered. Swedish legislation leaves individuals with dementia and family caregivers in a vacuum between self-determination and full autonomy with the ideal of citizenship emphasised and recognised in the Social Services Act on the one hand, and on the other, a strong need for support in everyday life and with decision-making. (Edited publisher abstract)
Implementing reimbursement around discharge from hospital
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Health and Social Care Joint Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Health and Social Care Joint Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people should not have to wait o leave hospital when they are ready to do so. The government intends, subject to legislation, to introfduce a system of reimbursement at the point when responsibility for a patient's care transfers from the NHS to social services, by April 2003.
Informed choice? Residential and domicilliary care for older people; final report
- Author:
- LUPTON Carol
- Publisher:
- University of Portsmouth. Social Services Research and Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- Portsmouth
This report details the findings of an investigation into the nature and extent of informed choice on the part of older persons using residential and domicilliary care. The report was commissioned by Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton local authorities and was undertaken between the months April-December 1998.
A question of good practice? Community care law and occupational therapists
- Author:
- MANDELSTAM Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(8), August 1998, pp.351-358.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Occupational therapists working in social services departments and delivering community care continue to be subject to anxiety about the legality of some of their actions. This article considers aspects of relevant legislation decisions of the law courts and recommendations of the local ombudsmen.
A moving story
- Author:
- OGDEN Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 20.2.92, 1992, p.12.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Norfolk SSD's plans to close five of its homes for elderly people in order to furnish funds to improve their remaining homes is similar to the situation in many authorities, where closure or transfer to the private or voluntary sector is taking place. Residents do not have security of tenure and their objections to closure or transfer do not figure prominently in the decision making process.
The effect of financial incentives and access to services on self-funded admissions to long-term care
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DARTON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 37(5), October 2003, pp.483-497.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
With the growth in the numbers and proportion of older people in the population the funding and incentive structures around long-term care are of international concern. A study of the circumstances of self-funded admissions to care homes allowed the comparison of self-funders with publicly funded admissions to care homes in the UK, the influences on self-funders in their decision to move into a care home and resources on which they were able to draw. These findings contribute to our understanding of the impact of current policy on self-funders and our thinking about the way that future policy and practice changes could improve the way we use society's resources in the provision of long-term care.
Sustaining the self in later life: supporting older people in the community
- Author:
- TANNER Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 21(3), May 2001, pp.255-278.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a small-scale qualitative study, currently in progress, looking at the implications for older people of decisions made by a social services department that they are ineligible for service provision. While the operation of eligibility criteria in the UK has been shown to exclude an increasing number of prospective users from recieving a service, little is known about how those refused a service contend with their difficulties of the implications these strategies have for them. This article focuses on themes that have emerged during the first phases of the study in relation to how older people endeavour to manage their 'unmet need'. It is suggested that a key integrative theme concerns their efforts to maintain a positive sense of self indicating, it is argued, the need for processes involved in the seeking, receiving and giving of help to be managed in a way that sustain the sense of self of the older person.
Handle with care
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 14.4.00, 2000, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
In part two of her series on human rights and social services, the author warns departments to reform procedures now.
Gentle persuasion
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.10.98, 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A social worker who needs to help an elderly person remain at home, whilst they refuse to have a hoist and other appliances essential to their well-being and that of their carers, talks about her dilemma.