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On the right track
- Author:
- GAGE Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 22.9.94, 1994, p.9.
For most people in need of care, family life is the ideal. Adult placement is becoming a significant contributor to service provision. Looks at the work of the National Association of Adult Placement Schemes (NAAPS) and Shared Care and considers the potential pitfalls of adult placement.
Community care: getting help in Leeds; a brief guide to some of the different sorts of help you can get from the caring services in Leeds
- Author:
- LEEDS. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Leeds. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Short guide to community care services provided by Leeds City Council.
Paying for care handbook
- Authors:
- WINFIELD Helen, VAUX Gary
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 463p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 6th ed.
A comprehensive, fully referenced, practical guide to social security and social services law and practice for adults needing care in England, Wales and Scotland. It includes coverage of services, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults, and their carers, needing care at home or in supported housing; how charges are means-tested, administered and enforced; the duties of social services and health authorities; challenging decisions, enforcing rights and common problems. This updated edition also includes information on individual budgets and purchasing your own care.
Paying for care handbook
- Authors:
- WINFIELD Helen, et al
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
Guide to services, charges, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults needing care at home or in supported housing; and their carers. Also covers: the duties of social services and health authorities in arranging residential or nursing home care; how welfare benefits are affected by entering or leaving a care home; the social services means test for those needing help with care home costs; and how the different schemes are administered, the collection and enforcement of charges, challenging decisions and enforcing rights, and common problems.
Paying for care handbook: a guide to services, charges and welfare benefits for adults in need of care in the community or in care homes
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Pauline, et al
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 493p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
Guide to services, charges, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults needing care at home or in supported housing; and their carers. Also covers: the duties of social services and health authorities in arranging residential or nursing home care; how welfare benefits are affected by entering or leaving a care home; the social services means test for those needing help with care home costs; and how the different schemes are administered, the collection and enforcement of charges, challenging decisions and enforcing rights, and common problems.
Paying for care handbook: a guide to services, charges and welfare benefits for adults in need of care in the community or in residential or nursing care homes
- Authors:
- TAIT Geoff, et al
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 523p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd. ed.
Guide to services, charges, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults needing care at home or in supported housing; and their carers. Also covers: the duties of social services and health authorities in arranging residential or nursing home care; how welfare benefits are affected by entering or leaving a care home; the social services means test for those needing help with care home costs; and how the different schemes are administered, the collection and enforcement of charges, challenging decisions and enforcing rights, and common problems.
Adults at risk: procedural guidelines for professionals in relation to people with physical or sensory disability, mental illness, or learning difficulties (mental handicap)
- Author:
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 28p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester
Describes action to be taken when vulnerable adults, living in the community, are found to be living in circumstances which present an unacceptable level of danger and co-ordinated intervention by caring agencies is necessary.
Social services: achievement and challenge; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, March 1997
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Government White Paper on the future of social services.