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Older people and the law
- Authors:
- McDONALD Ann, TAYLOR Margaret
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 170p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Describes the legal framework for working with older people, following the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and the modernising agenda in health and social care. This book describes the application of law and policy relating to older people in the context of social work practice. It describes the legal framework for working with older people following the modernising agenda in health and social care and the length has been considerably expanded to enable topics to be dealt with more comprehensively. It covers the range of legal issues affecting the welfare and financial security of older people in the community and residential settings, and emphasises the empowering nature of legal knowledge. It also describes and explains the application of law and policy relating to older people in the context of social work practice.