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Why the government must ring the changes on charges
- Author:
- WRIGHT Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Welcomes the Government's announcement that it will amend the Care Standards Bill to enable it to issue enforceable guidelines on charging for care services. Describes some of the adverse consequences on service users when councils charge for essential services and the safeguards that should be included in any national guidance.
Need for charging guidelines paramount
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 3(1), January 1999, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this article Age Concern England set out their case for the inclusion of older people to direct payments and urge further changes to policy and practice.
Confusion reigns
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.5.97, 1997, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The law relating to the provision of social services for elderly and disabled people is inadequate. A ruling which means that local authorities will be able to refuse to provide residential care to older people solely because they have a little money in the bank has shocked older people and thrown government policy into disarray. Calls for an immediate change to the law so that older people continue to receive the financial support they have been promised.
Who says?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2003, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Discusses pressure from the Making Decisions Alliance, on the government to do more in its legislation to govern decision making and mental incapacity.
A catalogue of reform
- Author:
- WITTON Marion
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, April 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
In the last year or so a raft of measures have been introduced which are designed to improve the quality of care in the NHS, social services and independent sectors. Summarises these reforms which signify change in all aspects of health and social care and how they also impact on how care is provided to older people.
Adoption makes way for curfews
- Author:
- WATERS Joanna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.12.00, 2000, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports how adoption legislation has become a casualty of the next election as the government plays the law and order card. Highlights the other social care issues mentioned in the Queens speech.
Entering the care standards debate
- Author:
- METCALFE John
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, July 2000, p.4.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on the second reading of the Care Standards Bill in May.
Who picks up the tab?
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.5.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a current legal case that exposes problems with funding long-term care.
Direct payments offer older people hope of greater empowerment
- Author:
- HEPTINSTALL Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 3(1), January 1999, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Following a nine-month review, the Government has announced that direct payments will be extended to people aged 65 and over. In this guide to direct payments, the author explains the policy background, the origins of the idea, how they work and the problems of the present legislation. It calls for the right to direct payments to be made mandatory on all local authorities.
Taking a long-term view
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.3.97, 1997, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the recent social services White Paper announced a partnership plan for long-term care insurance. Asks whether this is really about meeting the care needs of elderly people, and considers what alternatives there are.