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Handling other people's money
- Author:
- MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(4), June 1996, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Charging elderly people for community care services is bringing increasing complexities and anxieties for care managers. This article describes the findings of a recent survey and gives a guide to the legal and administrative framework of handling other people's money.
Charging and quasi-markets in community care: implications for elderly people with dementia
- Authors:
- MEANS Robin, LANGAN Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 30(3), September 1996, pp.244-262.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Social services authorities in the UK are increasingly involved in charging and fee collection activities with clients in receipt of community care services. Explores the implications of these developments for elderly people with dementia. Relates a critique of existing legal and administrative options for handling other people's money to the failure of charging and fee collection systems which have developed as a result of the community care reforms to address the particular needs of elderly people with dementia. A case study of policies in one local authority is outlined and this is followed by the presentation of the views of field level professionals who were interviewed in focus groups. The final section of the article considers the implications of a move to quasi-markets in social care for elderly people with dementia, particularly in terms of their vulnerability to financial exploitation.
Financial management and elderly people with dementia in the U.K.: as much a question of confusion as abuse?
- Authors:
- LANGAN Joan, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 16(3), May 1996, pp.287-314.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Looks at a range of issues relating to financial management and elderly people with dementia. Discusses the law relating to personal finances for those who lack capacity, stressing the laws complexity and the gaps in present coverage. The article goes on to outline findings from research carried out within a social services authority in the north of England.