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No escape from charges
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.1.00, 2000, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at whether there is a time limit before which a person can legally dispose of property in order to avoid residential care charges.
Action to avoid eviction
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.2.01, 2001, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports of residents in care homes being threatened with eviction because a council will not pay their increased fees are common. The author outlines how the law may help residents in this situation.
Hard sell
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.5.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The closure of local authority-run residential homes for elderly people is coming up against legal challenges. The High Court has told Wandsworth that its decision to sell of all its residential care homes is unlawful because the council will not provide accommodation for each category of person mentioned by the legislation. In addition, there is growing evidence that because relocation of institutionalised elderly people is so traumatic for them it is only a matter of time before a complaint will be made to the European Commission of Human Rights. Discusses the issues.