Community Care Practice and the Law

''The test of this kind of book is whether it does its job as an authoritative reference tool. I tried it out by looking up a few random areas - direct payments for carers, information sharing, statutory duty to provide accommodation, the legal status of care plans. Moreover topics could be easily pinpointed equally well from the index or the contents page. The book is in five parts; part one provides an overview and covers underlying mechanisms, legal principles, good administration and remedies; part two considers community care legislation and guidance; part three covers housing adaptations, housing adaptations, NHS services and joint working; part four explores adult protection, decision making capacity, information sharing, human rights and disability discrimination and part five covers health and safety at work, negligence, contract and national regulation of care provision. Community Care Practice and the Law proves itself to be comprehensive and monumentally authoritative.''. - Tony Gillam, Mental Health Practice. This third edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been substantially rewritten and restructured to reflect the rapid legal and policy changes affecting the community care field. It provides comprehensive and jargon-free explanations of both community care legislation and other areas of the law directly relevant to practitioners. Topics covered include: assessment and eligibility criteria ('fair access to care') and waiting times; placing people in care homes; non-residential, domiciliary and home care services; carers' assessments and services; home adaptations and disabled facilities grants; direct payments; continuing health care and health services generally, including community equipment services; joint working between local authorities and the NHS; single assessment process, intermediate care; decision making capacity and incapacity; information sharing; adult protection; human rights and disability discrimination; health and safet