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| Administrative justice and charging for long-term care | | Author(s) | Greta Bradley |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 33, no 5, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp 641-658 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Charges ; Social ethics ; Attitude ; Social workers. |
| Annotation | Practitioners and other social services department (SSD) staff perceive injustice in the area of charging for long-term care, and encounter problems dealing with tensions and dilemmas. This article draws the author's findings (with co-authors Bridget Penhale and Jill Manthorpe) of their Nuffield Foundation sponsored study, "Ethical dilemmas and administrative justice" (2000), which explored charging for nursing and residential home care for older people in five SSDs. The article makes the link between perceptions and practice of local authority professionals and the concept of administrative justice. The research revealed that discretion was exercised at all levels, although not all staff were aware of this. Cases may be treated differently, and accidents of geography, local political culture or personnel are likely to affect the outcome of financial assessments of adults. The implications of this work remain timely, since means-tested assessment of personal care and residency costs look set to continue in England and Wales. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030807204 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: QEJ: TQ: DP: QR |
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