Why are Education and Care Services Failing Disabled Children, and can the Law Help?
In the current climate of cuts to local authority and NHS budgets, we see mounting pressures on parents to plug the gaps in care for their d Read more>>>
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Deputies, Double Recovery & Social Services Funding
Professional Deputies and their client’s Personal Injury settlements – Cate Searle, Head of Community Care Law, explores whether Profess Read more>>>
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Cate Searle, Director & Head of Community Care Law, takes a look at the OPG’s standards guidance for Professional Deputies one year on Read more>>>
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Care Act 2014Cate SearleCommunity Care LawNHS Continuing HealthcareOPGProfessional Deputy StandardsLocal Authority Financial Assessments: Top Tips For Getting These Right
When a person requires residential care, the family’s priority is to ensure they are in a safe and comfortable environment. They want to k Read more>>>
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Care Home Feeschallenging NHS CHC funding decisionseligible needsFinancial AssessmentsLocal AuthorityLocal Authority financial assessmentMental Health Act 1983NHS Continuing Healthcareprimary healthcare needproperty disregardsSection 117 MHA 1983social servicesthird party top-ups7 Key Points On Enforcing Care Debts
I am receiving an increasing number of enquiries from individuals whose relatives are being sued by local authorities for care costs – Read more>>>
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care debtscare fundingelderly peopleEnforcing Care DebtsLocal Authoritylong term careNHS Continuing Healthcaresocial servicesCare Funding – What Does The Future Hold?
N.B: Following an announcement made by the Government in July 2015, the main Paying for Care provisions to introduce the £72,000 capital Read more>>>