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Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG): in support of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2977)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 116
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance is issued under Section 7(1) of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 which requires local authorities to exercise social services functions under guidance of Secretary of State. It provides statutory guidance to local authorities on how to interpret the regulations on charging for residential care. This updated version takes into account the changes to the Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA) introduced by virtue of SI. 2014 No. 582. (Edited publisher abstract)
National review of access and eligibility in adults' social care: overview report
- Author:
- CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES INSPECTORATE WALES
- Publisher:
- Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
In order to manage their resources, local authorities have to apply eligibility criteria in order to identify the people whose needs they will meet and those they will not. The aim of this review was to investigate the issues that impact on access to social services, including the application of eligibility criteria. The review primarily focuses on services for older people. The research involved a survey completed by all 22 local authorities. This was followed by fieldwork in 8 local authorities involving small group, semi-structured discussions with a number of identified officers. The report discusses: the thresholds for accessing social services; whether officers understand and monitor how eligibility criteria are applied; where eligibility criteria fit with the broader issues on access to services; and whether the application of eligibility criteria is fair and consistent. The findings showed that most local authorities (15 out of 22) set their eligibility criteria at critical and substantial. The barrier to getting support is at the stage of first contact where decisions are made regarding who gets through to assessment. The overall picture is of tightening resources, with increasing demand, people presenting with increasingly complex or severe levels of need, and changes to eligibility criteria due to financial pressures.
Social care: charging for residential accommodation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
This is an update to Fairer Charging Policies guidance for non-residential social services and the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide (CRAG). CRAG and the Fairer Charging Guidance provide statutory guidance to local authorities on how to interpret the regulations on charging for residential and non-residential care and support. This circular sets out the revised Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA), confirms that the capital limits and the savings credit disregards remain at their current level and reminds local authorities about the Directions on Choice of Accommodation and top-up fees, and statutory guidance on these. (Edited publisher abstract)
Personal Care at Home Bill: (as amended on report)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Lords
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Personal Care at Home Bill aims to provide for those with the greatest care needs to be offered free personal care at home. Existing powers allow local authorities to provide certain community care services free of charge for up to 6 weeks. The Bill will remove this time limit in respect of personal care at home for those in the greatest need. The Government estimates that the Bill would help around 400,000 people with care needs and guarantee free personal care for the 280,000 people with the greatest need. The legislation is intended to be the first step towards establishing a new National Care Service. This stage of the bill (HL Bill 48) was published on 17 March 2010.
Building the National Care Service
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 158p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This White Paper sets out the Government's proposals to build a comprehensive National Care Service for all adults in England with an eligible care need, free when they need it. The proposals aim to gradually implement changes to the current system over the next five years. The six founding principles of the National Care Service and six pillars of the National Care Service are described. Other issues discussed include the need to change the current system, the vision for the National Care Service, the methods proposed to deliver the changes and possible funding options.
Personal Care at Home Bill: 13th January 2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Lords
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Bill aims to amend section 15 of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 so as to remove the restriction on the period for which personal care may be provided free of charge by local authorities to persons living at home. Explanatory notes are published separately.
Personal Care at Home Bill: 13th January 2010: explanatory notes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Lords
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Bill aims to amend section 15 of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 so as to remove the restriction on the period for which personal care may be provided free of charge by local authorities to persons living at home. Explanatory notes are published separately.
Tackling pensioner poverty: fifth report of session 2008-09: volume 1: report, together with formal minutes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 129p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report of an inquiry by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee on Tackling pensioner poverty provides a detailed overview including: vulnerable groups; pensioner incomes; the benefit system, the take-up of benefits, the impact of the economic downturn on pensions, the role of financial advice and employment of older workers, with recommendations for the future. It also includes a description of the situation in Canada, based on a visit by the Committee in May 2009.
Tackling pensioner poverty: fifth report of session 2008-09: volume 2: oral and written evidence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 175p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This volume consists of the oral and written evidence to accompany the fifth report of session 2008-2009 of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee on Tackling pensioner poverty. The report (volume 1) provides a detailed overview including: vulnerable groups; pensioner incomes; the benefit system, the take-up of benefits, the impact of the economic downturn on pensions, the role of financial advice and employment of older workers, with recommendations for the future. It also includes a description of the situation in Canada, based on a visit by the Committee in May 2009.
NHS continuing care: sixth report of session 2004-05: volume 2: oral and written evidence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 148p.
- Place of publication:
- London
NHS continuing care means fully funded care for people who do not require care in an NHS acute hospital, but who nevertheless require a high degree of ongoing health care. Anybody can qualify for NHS continuing care funding if their needs satisfy eligibility criteria, although the largest group of people who receive continuing care funding are elderly people. Continuing care funding is intended to cover the entire costs of care, including all medical care, nursing care, personal care, living costs and accommodation costs, the same as if their care was being provided in an NHS hospital. Eligibility for continuing care funding is currently established with reference to criteria introduced by the Department of Health in 1995. The criteria relate to the complexity, intensity or unpredictability of a patient's healthcare needs, requiring the regular supervision of a consultant, specialist nurse or other member of the NHS multidisciplinary team. From 1995 onwards, individual Health Authorities were each required to develop local policies and eligibility criteria for continuing care funding within this general framework.