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Community Care & The Law (7th edn)
About this book
Community Care and the Law is the pre-eminent legal text on adult social care law. Its contributors are leading experts in the field and the lead A01, Professor Luke Clements, was the expert adviser to the Parliamentary Committee that scrutinised the Bill that became the Care Act 2014.The seventh edition has involved a comprehensive revision of this established text to provide an up-to-date analysis of the law relating to the rights of adults in need and carers in England.Community Care and the Law is the leading text for lawyers, policy-makers, local A01ity and voluntary sector advisers and carers. The book presents this complex area of law with clarity but without over-simplification. It provides a detailed route map through the law and offers practical guidance on how it impacts on procedures and services.There is a comprehensive coverage of local A01ity duties and powers, to adults in need and to carers ā including assessments, care planning, ordinary residence, care and support services, direct payments, NHS responsibilities, housing, safeguarding and the rights of asylum-seekers. The remedies chapter has a step by step guide to complaints, ombudsman and judicial review procedures.Contents include: ā¢ The statutory scheme, the well-being duty and other cross cutting obligationsā¢ Assessments, care planning and care servicesā¢ Ordinary residenceā¢ Chargingā¢ Direct paymentsā¢ NHS Continuing Healthcare, hospital discharge and intermediate careā¢ Mental capacityā¢ Housingā¢ Group specific care and support duties for: older people, people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health difficulties, substance misuse, sensory impairments and prisonersā¢ People subject to immigration controlsā¢ The regulation of careā¢ Safeguardingā¢ RemediesCommunity Care and the Law contains extensive cross referencing for easy navigation. The appendices include the text of the key provisions of the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Table of cases
- Table of Ombudsman complaints and decisions
- Table of statutes
- Table of statutory instruments
- Table of European and international legislation
- Introduction
- 1 The statutory scheme and social services strategic functions
- 2 Underpinning social care principles
- 3 The duty to assess
- 4 Eligibility
- 5 Care planning
- 6 Hospital discharge
- 7 Ordinary residence
- 8 Care and support services under the Care Act 2014
- 9 Charging
- 10 Preventative services, intermediate care and reablement
- 11 Personal budgets and direct payments
- 12 NHS general responsibilities for services
- 13 NHS continuing healthcare responsibilities
- 14 Mental capacity
- 15 Housing and social care
- 16 Group-specific care and support duties
- 17 Asylum-seekers and other overseas nationals
- 18 Inspection and registration of adult care services
- 19 Safeguarding: an overview
- 20 Information, data protection and confidentiality
- 21 Remedies
- APPENDICES
- A Legislation
- B Precedents
- Index