This tracker is focused on social care and is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary briefing notes and other sources of...
A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that enables an individual (the ‘donor’) to appoint one or more people (known as ‘attorneys’ or 'donees') to make...
Although local authorities have some responsibilities regarding care funding and it is that area that causes major discussion, they also have liabilities in respect of...
This Practice Note considers the effect of the means test, applied when financial assistance is requested from an English local authority for social care provision. The...
Types of Liabilities The primary community care liabilities a local authority (LA) is likely to have to recover, are: • residential care • domiciliary care Residential...
STOP PRESS:The Chancellor in his 2014 Autumn Statement announced that the Bereavement Support Payment will become operational from April 2017 and will be exempt from...
STOP PRESS:The guidance in this Practice Note may be affected by the announcements in Autumn Statement 2015. For an overview of these announcements, see News...