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  • Re: Human Rights Act loophole to close - finally

    I think you make a really interesting point SPeye - and it would be good to hear from people in the independent sector on this issue. Cross-subsidy (i.e. charging self-funders a bit more to address shortfalls in local authority funding) has long been seen as a vital way for independent care home providers...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 04-02-2008

  • Human Rights Act loophole to close - finally

    The Department of Health will announce today that it will legislate to close the loophole that has placed independent care homes - where most residents are, of course - outside the jurisdiction of the Human Rights Act 1998. This seems pretty great news, as older people's and human rights groups have...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 03-27-2008

  • Care home evictions

    Older people's charities are claiming that a high number of care home residents are being evicted unnecessarily - because they, or often their relatives, complain about the quality of care, for instance. The reason this is possible, Help the Aged and Age Concern argue, is the Human Rights Act 1998...
    Posted to Adults' services (Forum) by Mithran on 01-24-2008
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