Law and Elderly People

Aled Griffiths is Principal Lecturer and Head of the Department of Business and Social Administration at Coleg Normal and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Wales, both in Bangor., Gwyneth Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Wales, Bangor.

• Chapter 1 Employment, income and retirement, Aled Griffiths, Hugh Howard; Chapter 2 Living in the community, Rebecca Jordan, Jeff Harrison; Chapter 3 Care in the community, Lynda Bransbury; Chapter 4 Residential and nursing care, Lynda Bransbury; Chapter 5 Health care, Gwyneth Roberts; Chapter 6 Complaints and redress of grievances in health care, Gwyneth Roberts; Chapter 7 Personal and family matters, Aled Griffiths;

`A reference book for elderly people, their carers, and service providers, who will appreciate its clarity and well organised content.' - Professional Social Work`A triumph of patience and thorough exactitude. ... This book is indispensable.' - Baseline`A useful reference work for advisers, teachers and service-providers. It provides a quick, accessible account of a large number of legal provisions, administrative practices and policies relating to elderly people' - Ageing and Society`compact and easy to read' Journal of Social Work Practice`Service providers and non-lawyers seeking to advise older folk and their carers will find in this book a good outline of the legal framework which constitutes the `system' in relation to support for elderly clients or patients.' Ian Purvis, Legal Adviser, Age Concern, in Issues in Social Work Education