Sentences with phrase «care home residents»

More than two thirds of care homes residents have dementia.

Can care staff accurately assess health - related quality of life of care home residents?

Taking a case study of P, an elderly and incapacitous care home resident who was deprived of her liberty, the panel of Polly Sweeney of Irwin Mitchell, Gabriel Beeby of Guildhall Chambers and Jess Flanagan of Clarke Willmott explored both jurisdictions» remit Continue reading →

Taking a case study of P, an elderly and incapacitous care home resident who was deprived of her liberty, the panel of Polly Sweeney of Irwin Mitchell, Gabriel Beeby of Guildhall Chambers and Jess Flanagan of Clarke Willmott explored both jurisdictions» remit in the face of a refusal by a local authority to fund an expensive home care package.

Rev Morris presented the challenge after a new study found elderly care home residents have as little as two minutes of social interaction per day.

This clause will automatically disqualify disabled care home residents from accessing the «personal independence payment» (PIP).

In practical terms, the decision is likely to mean that few care home residents are ineligible under DOLS.

Any differences between care home residents whose placement was arranged under s 21 and private residences could not either justify or require a different approach to the application to the care home of the Convention.

Protection is currently provided to care home residents by a variety of means, notably the comprehensive regulatory system created by the Care Standards Act 2000, which is complemented by the work of local authority social services departments.

The Court of Protection Rules have been amended to accommodate applications to that court under s 21A of MCA 2005 arising from the operation of the scheme, for example an application which disputes a finding by a «supervisory authority», such as a local authority, that a care home resident is in fact deprived of his or her liberty within the meaning of Art 5 of the Convention.