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 safety at work legislation including
manual handling people subject to immigration control, including
asylum seekers care standards. Numerous examples of legal cases and
ombudsman investigations clearly illustrate the practical impact of
legislation on community care. A separate chapter provides an
at-a-glance view of the whole range of legislation underpinning the
everyday work of practitioners. The author also identifies the
underlying mechanisms, tensions and problems affecting community
care law and practice. Primarily covering England in detail, much
of the legal case law covered and the legal principles involved are
of general relevance across the United Kingdom, and where material
is not directly applicable to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,
short summaries offer general pointers for the position in these
three countries. This book is an essential guide for practitioners
and managers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, policy
makers in local and central government, advocates, lawyers and
social work students. Praise for previous editions: 'An excellent
resource and essential reading for students, practitioners and
managers at every level.' - British Journal of Therapy and
Rehabilitation 'By using practical examples and straightforward
language, the book skilfully bridges the gap between law and
practice...This impressive book should be made readily accessible
to managers and practitioners working in the field of community
care...an invaluable guide.' - Rostrum 'Mandelstam is ambitious in
his aim but he has succeeded in producing a text that is
stimulating in addition to being of practical use as a reference
text... The book is logically organised and information is
generally accessible to the reader with or without legal training.'
- Ageing and Society 'Exceptionally clear and impressively
up-to-date. All those who read it will be significantly better
informed.' - Care Weekly 'A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to
communi
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