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Reforming the legal framework for adult safeguarding — the Law Commission's final recommendations on adult social care
Author(s)	Tim Spencer-Lane
Journal title	Journal of Adult Protection, vol 13, no 5, 2011
Pages	pp 275-284
Source	www.emeraldinsight.com
Keywords	At risk ; Elder abuse ; Services ; Community care ; Social policy ; Law.
Annotation	The author outlines the Law Commission's final recommendations for the reform of adult social care. He discusses each of the Law Commission's recommendations for a new legal framework for adult safeguarding in England and Wales, and contrasts them with the proposals put forward at the consultation phase of the review. He argues that a single legal framework for adult social care, including adult safeguarding, will have substantial benefits in terms of legal clarity, consistency and efficiency. In order to that their entitlements are fully understood, it is important for older and disabled people and their carers to have a clear and single legal framework, and likewise for local authorities and partnership agencies (such as the NHS and the police) fully understand their responsibilities. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-121026014 A
Classmark	CA3: QNT: I: PA: TM2: VR
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