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Legislation needed
- Author:
- SHAW Bill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.4.87, 1987, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With the growth of private domiciliary services for elderly and disabled people, there is now the need for legislation.
Is it lawful to base a home care package on the cost of care home care?
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(4), 2013, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author considers a council's legal responsibilities in offering home care after an offer of care in a home has been refused. (Publisher abstract)
Migrant workers in eldercare in Israel: social and legal aspects
- Authors:
- IECOVICH Esther, DORON Israel
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 15(1), 2012, pp.29-44.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In Israel, since the early 1990s, a growing proportion of the frail older population has employed migrant live-in homecare workers to provide around the clock care. Migrant workers in elder care are becoming a significant factor in enabling frail elderly people to age in place and avoid or delay institutionalisation. On the other hand, migrant caregivers pose serious challenges to existing social and legal institutions in the societies in which they operate. They demand policy responses that in many cases have socio-economic consequences that go beyond the older population they serve. The aim of this article is to describe and analyse the Israeli experience with migrant homecare workers for older persons. It discusses a number of key problems and dilemmas that are involved with employing migrant homecare workers. These problems include: the legal status of the migrant workers; abuse and exploitation both of and by the migrant worker; the rights of migrant workers; and working hours in home-based care. The article concludes by suggesting a number of key roles that should be played by social workers in this context.
Tragic case shows pressures of health and safety regulations
- Author:
- GREEN Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.6.00, 2000, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author asks if care choices for services users are being restricted now that the law requires providers to improve health and safety precautions for staff with the new Manual Handling Operations Regulations.
Caring for older people at home: staff guidelines
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN TOWER HAMLETS
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 149p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook aimed at staff of Tower Hamlets SSD, independent agencies and all others working with elders in their own homes. Provides a framework for good practice. Includes sections on: good organisational practice; practical matters (including handling money, pensions, punctuality, gifts, and entering and leaving a user's home); providing care; prevention and promotion; working in someone else's home (including confidentiality, sharing information, dealing with complaints, aggression and violence, risk management, and accidents and emergencies); special care needs; cultural and religious diversity; and the law and domiciliary care.
Drawing the line: the boundaries of volunteering in the community care of older people
- Author:
- HOAD Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 10(4), July 2002, pp.239-246.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Volunteers can play important roles in the provision of support and care to frail or confused older people living in their own homes. There are conflicting expectations as to what these roles should be since there are unclear boundaries with those of paid care and with informal care. This article explores some of these boundaries, drawing on material from a study of 14 volunteer schemes in England. The aim of the research was to explore the roles played by volunteers in the overall care division of labour. The main method used was that of semistructured interviews with organizers and volunteer coordinators of the schemes involved. Concludes that the ways in which these boundaries are established and maintained depends not only on legal and policy constraints at the level of the state, but also on negotiation between organisations and individuals at a local level.
The Human Rights Act 1998: the social services function of local authorities: implications arising from the Human Rights Act 1998; no.3
- Author:
- TEASDALE Jonathan
- Publisher:
- Local Government Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper exploring the effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 on social services provision, and looking specifically at: children's services; adult services (including residential care); services for disabled people and people with mental health problems; availability and rationing of medical treatment; and registration and closure of residential homes.
The social services function of local authorities: implications arising from the Human Rights Act 1998
- Author:
- TEASDALE Jonathan
- Publisher:
- Local Government Information Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper exploring the effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 on social services provision, and looking specifically at: children's services; adult services (including residential care); services for disabled people and people with mental health problems; availability and rationing of medical treatment; and registration and closure of residential homes.
The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No._ (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This consultation document contains the proposed draft Transitional and Savings Provisions Commencement Order to be issued under the Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA). The order sets out the transitional arrangements for different groups of providers who will be registered under Part II of the CSA, by the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC), when it takes over responsibility for the regulation of social care and independent health care services from April 2002.
The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No._ (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London