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National standards for residential and nursing homes for the elderly: consultation document
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying consultation document.
Charging for residential accommodation guide
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance issued under Section 7(1) of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970. Contains guidance on the procedures for charging adults placed by Local Authorities in residential accommodation, including nursing homes. Also includes: guide; National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992; and commencement order for sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.
Administration of medicines in care homes (with nursing) for older people by care assistants
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance setting out good practice for the safe management and handling of medicines in care homes with nursing for older people by care assistants. The guidance provides information for care home providers and staff on the legal framework for the administration of prescribed medicines for a named individual by care assistants and also covers safety and quality assurance requirements. It makes it clear that care workers, such as care assistants, are not prohibited from administering medicines to residents and looks at the responsibilities of the care home provider and the training they should provide. It is based on findings from an evidence-based review carried out by the University of Leeds. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preserved rights grant and residential allowance grant 2005/06
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this circular is to inform Chief Executives of the ammount of the Preserved Rights grant and the Residential Allowance grant for 2005/06. The grant was introduced in 2002/2003, to assist local councils in discharging their new responsibilities for meeting the costs of residential care for people with preserved rights. Before the 1st April 1993, people in residential care had received a higher rate of income support in recognition of charges for such accommodation.
Preserved rights grant 2004/05
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The preserved rights grant was introduced in 2002-03 to assist local councils in discharging their new responsibilities for meeting the costs of residential care for people with preserved rights. Annex A of this circular shows the individual allocations for 2004-05.
Guidance on free nursing care in nursing homes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular advises on: the NHS' responsibilities for arranging care by a registered nurse for some people in nursing homes from 1 October 2001; the arrangements for transferring responsibility from councils to the NHS from 1 April 2003 for the care by a registered nurse of nursing home residents; and the arrangements for the care by a registered nurse of nursing home residents with preserved rights to higher rates of income support, whose residential care management and nursing care will be transferred to councils from 8 April 2002 and whose nursing care will become an NHS responsibility from 1 April 2003.
Community care statistics 2000: residential personal social services for adults, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 65p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Fit for the future: national required standards for residential and nursing homes for older people; consultation document
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 120p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consultation document setting out the context in which national standards for residential and nursing homes would operate. Goes on to table the standards, as produced by the Centre for Policy on Ageing for the Government. Finally, assesses the likely impact of introducing the proposed standards.
Community care statistics 1997: residential personal social services for adults, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 38p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides statistical information on the adult residential and nursing care home market and on residential and nursing care placements funded by local authorities at 31 March 1997.
Proposed changes to residential care charges from 4 April 2005: consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health intends to lay regulations in Parliament by early March 2005 to increase from 4 April 2005: i) the level of personal expenses allowance (PEA) to £18.80 to reflect the rise of 3.8% in average earnings over the last twelve months; ii) the capital limits to £12,500 (lower limit) and £20,500 (upper limit) to reflect the anticipated GDP deflator of 2.52%. The additional costs to councils will be covered by an increase in income generated through charges for residential