Community Care Practice and the Law: Fourth Edition

Michael Mandelstam

ISBN 10: 1843106914 / ISBN 13: 9781843106913

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

About this Item

This fourth edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been fully updated to reflect the rapid and continuing legal, policy and practice changes affecting community care. It provides comprehensive and jargon-free explanations of community care legislation, as well as other areas of law directly relevant to practitioners. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1124. . 2008. 4th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Community Care Practice and the Law: Fourth Edition
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843106914
• ISBN 13: 9781843106913
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This fourth edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been fully updated to reflect the rapid and continuing legal, policy and practice changes affecting community care.

It provides comprehensive and jargon-free explanations of community care legislation, as well as other areas of law directly relevant to practitioners, including the NHS, disabled facilities grants and housing adaptations, asylum and immigration, mental capacity, human rights, disability discrimination, health and safety at work and negligence – and a range of legal provisions relevant to the protection and safeguarding of adults.

Apart from the burgeoning legal case law and ombudsman investigations, changes from the last edition include coverage of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, legal implications of 'self directed care' and 'individual budgets', changes to direct payments and 'ordinary residence' determinations. In particular, new guidance applies to the high profile issue of NHS continuing health care.

The book is an essential guide for practitioners and managers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, policy makers in local authorities and the NHS, advocates, lawyers and social work students.

About the Author

Michael Mandelstam has provided independent legal training for over 20 years. Prior to this he worked at the Department of Health and, before that, at the Disabled Living Foundation. He has written many legal books on social care and health care matters. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.