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Empty wrappings
- Author:
- MASSIE Bert
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.3.92, 1992, p.i.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care legislation will be of little use when implemented if disabled users are not involved.
Community care: minutes of evidence, Wednesday 23 May 1990: Independent Living Fund and Disablement Income Group, Disability Alliance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Social Services Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discussion on the effects of the community care legislation on the disabled.
Ready and waiting
- Author:
- HANNAM J.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.8.89, 1989, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that much of the legislation needed for community care already exists in neglected sections of the Disabled Persons Act 1986, which should be promptly enacted.
Equipment for older or disabled people and the law
- Author:
- MANDELSTAM Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 550p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explains the provision, both in law and practice, of equipment and home adaptations to assist older or disabled people in daily living. Characterised by ill defined statutory responsibilities and terminology, and an under developed consumer retail market, the system of provision has long been recognised as chaotic and confusing for professionals and public alike. This book aims to focus on these weaknesses and attempt to promote better practice, as well as to assist people to understand the law when things go wrong.
Bound to comply
- Author:
- CHESTER Marion
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.12.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains the implications of a recent judgment in which the court ruled that two major volumes of community care guidance had statutory force.
The legal relevance of resources - or a lack of resources - in community
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 17(2), 1995, pp.179-198.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Considers the likely approach of the courts to community care litigation in which the availability of resources in an issue. It explores the way in which the forum chosen for the dispute - private or public law - might inform this approach, and examines existing case law from the general welfare law field which has largely skirted around the issue of rationing and resource allocation. Article focuses on the difference between duty and discretion, particularly in the context of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and the potential significance of the distinction, so far as an authority's lack of resources is concerned. The writer concludes, first, that a shortage of resources is a factor which is lawful to take into account in the exercise of most welfare functions under this Act and other statutory duty in this field. Most controversially, perhaps, it is contended that s.2 of the 1970 Act does not give rise to an automatic, nor an absolute, duty to meet needs within the Act, even after a local authority has accepted that an individual for whom it is responsible has needs coming within the authority's definition of what constitutes 'need'.
Implementation of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Implementation of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Acts has created new responsibilities for both local authorities and people receiving direct payments. While Department of Health guidance is available, many of the detailed aspects of managing direct payment schemes will be left to the discretion of individual authorities. this project sought to fill gaps in knowledge and understanding about the management of direct payments by developing - in partnership with local authorities and user of organisations - a practice guide highlighting the priorities. The project included a national survey of local authority practice and consultations with those using and running schemes. Outlines the findings.
Juggling to keep within the law?
- Author:
- HALFORD John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(1), July 1999, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Under increasing financial pressure, many local authorities have cut services for disabled people living in the community, increased charges for those services, or both. The author considers whether such strategies are lawful.
A care home for life?
- Author:
- CRAGG Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.2.99, 1999, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Considers whether clients have any right to be part of the consultation process when local authorities close care homes, and looks at what impact European law has on the rights of people in care homes.
A question of good practice? Community care law and occupational therapists
- Author:
- MANDELSTAM Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(8), August 1998, pp.351-358.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Occupational therapists working in social services departments and delivering community care continue to be subject to anxiety about the legality of some of their actions. This article considers aspects of relevant legislation decisions of the law courts and recommendations of the local ombudsmen.