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.

NHS Continuing Care

Should you or your loved one have to pay for long term or end of life care? Did you know it's possible to recover care fees after your loved one has died? Has anybody told you about NHS Continuing Healthcare? Most have never heard of this and for many thousands of people it means having to use their life savings and property to meet the cost of care when they shouldn't. If you or your loved one has a physical or mental health condition, whether gained through illness, injury or disability you may be eligible for free NHS funded care even in your own home. This practical guide will help those who want to apply for Continuing Healthcare or for those mired knee deep in it and need extra help to present the best possible case. It's written by a retired nurse who has experienced the process, not only as a healthcare professional but also as an advocate for his family. It's full of guidance and tips on how to ensure healthcare needs are not marginalised or downplayed by NHS assessors and includes plain English explanations relating to landmark cases and ombudsman decisions. If you'd like to contact the author please use the following URL https://www.chc-consultancy.com

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.