Adult social care law / Stephen Knafler, with Tim Baldwin [and 5 others].
By: Knafler, Stephen [author.]
.Contributor(s): Baldwin, Timothy J [contributor.].Publisher: London : Legal Action Group, 2019Edition: Second edition.Description: cxxxiii, 1382 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781912273331; 9781912273348.Subject(s): Social service -- Great Britain | Social case work with older people | Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain | Community health services -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain | Social justice -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Social policyDDC classification: 344.326041 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 344.326041 KNA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 019064 |
Previous edition: 2016.
Introduction : the overarching scheme for the provision of adult social care -- Strategy, policy and challenges -- Consultation -- Guidance -- The public sector equality duty -- Discrimination -- An overview of the Care Act 2014 and the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 -- Community care assessments -- Service provision decisions -- Re-assessments, reviews and terminations of individual services -- Financial matters -- Ordinary residence and local authority responsibility -- Local authorities and tortfeasors -- Local authorities and private providers -- Status of care home and home care providers -- Care home and other service closures -- Local authority general powers -- National Health Service provision -- Mental health -- Housing and community care -- Asylum-seekers and other overseas nationals -- Learning disability and autism -- Mental capacity -- Safeguarding -- Human rights -- Private law remedies -- Judicial review -- Ombudsman -- Regulation of adult social and health care.