Commissioning Domiciliary Care: A Practical Guide to Purchasing Services - Softcover

Rothwell-Murray, Colleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185775333X ISBN 13: 9781857753332

Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Domiciliary care is a sensitive and complex subject. Can I obtain suitable care workers? Which organisations can I call on for support? What are the obligations placed on homeowners? If a relative wishes to remain at home do you know what to do? These are questions often asked by health professionals social workers and service users. This book answers such questions gives choices and shows how to implement decisions. It is essential reading for the new primary care organisations community practitioners primary healthcare teams practitioners in palliative care and geriatrics charities and volunteer groups.

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Synopsis

Aimed at social workers, GPs, practice nurses, those involved in palliative care and gerontologists, this work explains the structure of homecare, the providing organizations, the kind of people operating them and the reasons for difficulties in obtaining adequate services. It includes the legal aspects of domiciliary care without legal jargon to be accessible for those with no formal legal training and includes comparisons with other services, showing how to optimize decisions for obtaining social care serivces for clients, service users and patients.

Edition details

• Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185775333X
• ISBN 13: 9781857753332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160