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An A Z Of Community Care Law
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Book Synopsis An A-Z of Community Care Law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book An A-Z of Community Care Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mandelstam breaks this complex subject down into individual terms, then explains the legal and practical implications of each term in plain language, enabling readers to explore specific issues quickly and concisely.
Book Synopsis An A-Z of community care law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book An A-Z of community care law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Community Care Practice and the Law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Community Care Practice and the Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Quick Guide to Community Care Practice and the Law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Quick Guide to Community Care Practice and the Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current care practice and the law. It explains the legislation relevant to practitioners, including rules about how people in need get an assessment from local authorities, the assessment of need and charging for services.
Book Synopsis Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe by : Anna Metteri
Download or read book Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe written by Anna Metteri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcome the challenges facing social workers today with international guidance Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe is a valuable stepping stone toward an understanding of the diversity of methods utilized in social work for community health services. This work stems from material gathered at the Third International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, held in Tampere, Finland. In this book, you will find new creative theoretical and practical orientations for designing, developing, and analyzing social work to help you produce policies and services in which clients can positively and productively invest. Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe covers a long period in the history of social work in health issues, from theoretical treatises to empirical research and analyses of practices. The book provides you with research, case studies, and existing international and national literature from India, Botswana, Taiwan, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. This resource explores the shared qualities of social work in health services throughout the world despite differences between countries in terms of culture, social system, and history. Although these experts come from different parts of the world, the book displays an emergence of similar issues and themes, including: the development of expertise for social workers in the health and mental health fields social work as an agent of change that crosses borders, operates on many levels, and across many dimensions of society community-based care—principles, perspectives, marginalized groups, and the role of the social worker dual divisions—becoming aware of and choosing a position in work practice
Book Synopsis Legal Aspects of Pain Management 2nd Edition by : Bridgit Dimond
Download or read book Legal Aspects of Pain Management 2nd Edition written by Bridgit Dimond and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition explores the law relating to pain management in recent years.It considers the legal issues which have arisn in recent high-profile cases and discusses the implications of legisation extending prescribing powers. The text is written in a user-friendly, readable form for the non-lawyer. It aims to provide a succinct, useful basis from which practtioner and others can extend their knowledge of the law for the protection of their patients, their colleagues and themselves. Scope and contents Human rights law Criminal law and procedure Negligence Professional registration Consent in relation to adults, children and mentally disabled adults.
Book Synopsis Legal Aspects of Occupational Therapy by : Bridgit C. Dimond
Download or read book Legal Aspects of Occupational Therapy written by Bridgit C. Dimond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since publication of the original edition in 1996, this book has established itself as an essential text for occupational therapists. It offers an understanding of the law relating to their practice, but is written to be accessible for those who have no prior legal knowledge. The text provides valuable information for occupational therapists employed in health and social services, as well as the law relevant to private practitioners. The book includes chapters on all the main client groups and presents the relevant specialist law. Students and teachers of occupational therapy will find the chapters on professional registration, education, training and research of particular interest. The third edition has been substantially revised to cover significant changes in legislation since the previous version. There is also a brand new chapter on the subject of death and dying. Legal Aspects of Occupational Therapy remains a key resource for the occupational therapy student, practitioner and service manager.
Book Synopsis Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity by : Bridgit C. Dimond
Download or read book Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity written by Bridgit C. Dimond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mental Capacity Act (2005) governs decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent, whether they lose mental capacity at some point in their lives due to illness or injury or where the incapacitating condition has been present since birth. Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity will assist practitioners in understanding the basic provisions of the Act and how it applies to their professional responsibilities. It is also intended to be of assistance to the many carers who find themselves in the position of needing to make decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated relatives and friends. Each chapter sets out the basis provisions, followed by a series of scenarios dealing with practical concerns which are discussed in the light of the new legislation. • A practical guide to the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 • Easily accessible for those with no legal background • Includes scenarios illustrating different legal points • Explores the background to the legislation, including determination of capacity and the definition of best interests Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity is an essential resource for all healthcare and social services professionals, patient services managers and carers working with those who lack the capacity to make their own decisions.
Book Synopsis Community Care Practice and the Law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Community Care Practice and the Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Legal Aspects of Physiotherapy by : Bridgit C. Dimond
Download or read book Legal Aspects of Physiotherapy written by Bridgit C. Dimond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a revised and expanded version of this popular title, Bridgit Dimond provides an essential reference for physiotherapists, covering both conventional and specialist legal situations in reader-friendly terms. Legal Aspects of Physiotherapy contains brand new clinical case studies that guide the reader informatively through a cornucopia of legal issues that may arise in the practice of physiotherapy. Reading this book, practitioners will develop the knowledge and awareness to deal confidently with the implications of legal scenarios, arming them with the knowledge to protect both clients and themselves.
Book Synopsis NHS Continuing Healthcare by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book NHS Continuing Healthcare written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative guide to the law of continuing healthcare provides clarity on a contentious issue for those in long-term care: which adults are eligible for full NHS funding, as opposed to self-funded social care. Written by seasoned legal expert Michael Mandelstam, it provides practitioners with clear information on both the letter and spirit of the law, written in an accessible style suitable for a wide range of health and social care practitioners. The book gives all the need-to-knows in a handy A-Z format for quick reference, including key legal rules, guidance and case law. It contains also an extended analysis, with detailed evidence, of NHS continuing healthcare over the last 30 years up to the present. This is critical in order to understand why the rules are so complex, confusing and sometimes disregarded, and why decisions can seem counter-intuitive, unfair and difficult to challenge. The book is essential reading to assist the making of decisions that are fair, lawful and transparent.
Download or read book Community Care Law written by D. Carson and published by Open University Press. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Manual Handling in Health and Social Care, Second Edition by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Manual Handling in Health and Social Care, Second Edition written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manual Handling in Health and Social Care is written for all those involved in the manual handling of adults or children - including those carrying it out, assessors, managers and commissioners. It lays out the current legal requirements in a non-technical way and includes case studies illustrating the law applied in practice, across health, social care and sometimes educational settings. The book applies to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. An extended introduction sets out challenges, past, present and future, including safety, balancing risk with duties to meet people's needs, human rights, avoidance of blanket policies, mental capacity, safeguarding, the limited resources of statutory services and single-handed care. It also considers some of the legal implications of increased use of technology (including remote assessment), as well as the "mechanisation" of care and its application to manual handling. The main part of the book is in the form of an A-Z guide, providing quick access to relevant legislation and common law (negligence) rules applying to personal injury cases. It covers also, extensively, judicial review legal challenges to decisions, when people and their families disagree with manual handing decisions that have been made. In addition, relevant ombudsman cases are included. The book will be essential reference for staff and managers in health and social care settings, students, legal professionals and all those working to ensure good practice and compliance with the law.
Book Synopsis An A-Z of Social Work Law by : Robert Johns
Download or read book An A-Z of Social Work Law written by Robert Johns and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzled by terminology, skills, law, or theory? Revising for your placement or exam? Then look no further! This series of concise and easy-to-use A-Zs will be your guide. Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this book will introduce you to over 300 key laws, legal terms, and legal processes in a concise and no-nonsense way. It covers all areas of social work practice - adults, children and families, mental health, and youth justice - ensuring you have the knowledge you need to apply the law appropriately, ethically and with confidence.
Book Synopsis Manual Handling in Health and Social Care by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Manual Handling in Health and Social Care written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents an accessible overview of manual handling law and the legal implications and practical issues involved. Topics covered include equipment provision and handling of children in schools and guidelines on health and safety.
Book Synopsis A guide to community care law by : MENCAP.
Download or read book A guide to community care law written by MENCAP. and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Community Care and the Law by : Luke J. Clements
Download or read book Community Care and the Law written by Luke J. Clements and published by Legal Action Comics. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At some point in their lives, virtually everyone has community care needs. Society is increasingly aware that community care does not solely concern the needs of elderly people or those with mental health difficulties. Indeed, in modern society Beethoven would qualify for services by virtue of his physical and sensory difficulties. Community Care and the Law has become the key text for anyone dealing with community care issues. Since its first publication in 1996, the area of community care law has continued to develop in a piecemeal fashion. Lawyers, advisers, local authorities and charities need a text to guide them through the resulting hotchpotch of complex and often overlapping legislative and case-law decisions. Community Care and the Law provides that guidance.
