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Managing older people's money — assisted and substitute decision making in residential aged-care
Author(s)	Cheryl Tilse, Jill Wilson, Linda Rosenman, David Morrison, Anne-Louise McCawley
Journal title	Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 1, January 2011
Pages	pp 93-109
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Finance ; Expenditure [elderly] ; Competence ; Australia.
Annotation	The study, from Queensland, Australia, looked at factors that facilitate and constrain care home residents' involvement in decision making about their personal finances. Case studies of four aged-care facilities explored how staff interpreted the legislative and policy requirements for assisted and substitute decision making, and the factors that facilitated and constrained residents' inclusion in decisions about their finances. The observed practices reveal considerable variation in the ways that current legislation is understood and implemented, and there are limited resources for this area of practice. Policies and practices within care homes prioritise managing risk and protecting older people' assets rather than empowering and including older people in making decisions about their finances. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-110301002 A
Classmark	KX: KW: WN: J3: DPB: 7YA
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