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Social Work Recap: the value of disabled people’s voices and the scale of adult care’s funding shortfall

Community Care

The Care Provider Alliance’s analysis of councils’ fair cost of care reports suggested there was a £2.88bn shortfall in funding for care home services for older people and home care provision for all adults in 2021-22.

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How to Write a Capacity Assessment | Best Tips or a Pain in the Neck

Social Work Haven

For example, I ensure the person has all the relevant information to make the decision for example: financial advocacy, support services within the community, medical condition/prognosis; effects of medication; activities of daily living assessments,; details of care home; risks in returning home; care options, etc.

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The legacy of Conservative rule for adult social care

Community Care

Modernising the law The middle of the decade saw the implementation of the Care Act 2014 , unifying and modernising the previous panoply of social care legislation into one statute that made promoting wellbeing and preventing, reducing or delaying need the service’s central missions.