The article examines how the Care Act 2014 is changing social care provision in Great Britain. Topics discussed are the concept of a person's well-being, the safeguarding duties of local authorities under the law, the physical, mental and emotional well-being needs of carers, the national ...
Personal budgets have been heavily promoted in government policy in England as a means of increasing the personalisation of public services, particularly in the field of adult social care. The Care Act 2014 for the first time creates a statutory requirement for personal budgets to be allocated to...
This article considers the role of social work in English social care within the context of the Care Act 2014 and related policy agendas. This is achieved through a theoretical analysis of English social care policy and legislation rooted in the work of Pierre Bourdieu. Having been contextualized...
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar within the system of social insurances in Germany ...
Social care is a frequent topic in UK policy debates, with widespread concern that the country will be unable to face the challenges posed by the increase in demand for social care. While this is a societal problem whose dynamics depends on long-term trends, such as the increase of human ...
January 31, 2025Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Social Security The monthly maximum retirement income Social Security benefit for a person retiring in 2024, at their full retirement age, is just $4,018 per month. Or $48,216 per year. This is well below what the average American ...
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Accessible summary Children with autism spectrum disorders (aged 7–18years) were interviewed about their experience of living at home and in short term care. Parents and caregivers were also interviewed and, when the child had little or no speech, he or she was observed in both settings. Pict...
The results indicated that social support did not affect the likelihood of hiring a health advocate; however, confidence in the health care system did affect the likelihood of hiring a health advocate. Participants who read vignettes, in which the patient was described as having lower overall ...
Here, we found that pain and cognitive ability may act together early after diagnosis as a mechanism indirectly linking higher social deprivation with greater limitations in activities of daily living. In line with this finding, a previous cross-sectional study found that non-cancer pain and ...