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Financial abuse and charging for care: the views of social work and legal professionals
- Author:
- PENHALE Bridget
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 5(2), May 2003, pp.11-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Draws on findings from a study examining attitudes, practices and policy in relation to charging and assessing older people who were considering entering residential and nursing home care. A mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods were used, and professionals in five local authorities were contacted. Out of a sample of 323 care mangers who were approached in the postal survey, 177 questionnaires were returned. A total of 64 people were also interviewed. The article focuses on exploring the views of care managers and legal practitioners towards their work in relation to older people, finances and charging for long-term care. Although the study did not set out to examine financial abuse, the topic arose within the findings. However, despite increased awareness of abuse on the part of practitioners the study also found evidence of a lack of clarity concerning intervention and best practice.
Charging for care: the views of care managers
- Authors:
- PENHALE Bridget, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 5(2), June 2001, pp.23-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A recent study funded by the Nuffield Foundation explored attitudes, practices and policy in relation to charging and assessing older people considering entering residential and nursing home care. This article focuses on the attitudes and views of care managers in their work on financial assessment.
Ethical dilemmas in charging for care: contrasting the views of social work and legal professionals
- Author:
- PENHALE Bridget
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 16(3), August 2002, pp.235-247.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article draws on the findings of a recent study funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The study explored attitudes, practices and policy in relation to charging and assessing older people who were considering entering residential and nursing home care. In five differing local authorities, a sample of social services practitioners (care managers) completed a postal questionnaire and interviews were held at a number of levels with staff. At the same time, independent legal practitioners in these areas, who are involved in advising older people, were surveyed and a small number of individual practitioners were interviewed. The focus of this article is on contrasting the attitudes and views of care managers and legal practitioners towards their work in relation to older people, finances and charging for long-term care. In particular, there will be an emphasis on the ethical dilemmas identified by the respondents from the different professions involved in the study.