denotes premium content | Dec 1 2008 Elderly Client Adviser archive
Volume 6 Issue 3
Features
Book Review: Inheritance act claims, law and practice
By Sidney Ross LL.B., M..Sc., Ph.D., FCIArb.Barrister of the Middle Temple and Lincoln’s Inn
Charges for residential and nursing homes - keeping abreast of the changes.
Advisers working with older people should be aware of the importance of understanding the rules which local authorities use when charging for residential and nursing home accommodation, and the effect this has on benefits. The regime, which came into being in 1993, has been subject to a number of changes over the years through both legislation and developing case law. This year sees yet more, as the changes announced in the Government's response to the Royal Commission on Long Term care begin to come into effect.
Closure of Care Homes - Will choice be an option in the future
Recent publicity confirms evidence already in existence that for many clients the choice of residential or nursing home accommodation may well be a non- existent option or at the very least choice will be severely restricted.
Duty of a local authority to provide suitable accommodation despite its limited resources.
This subject has been gone over repeatedly in the courts as the years have passed. Each case adds a new layer of intricacy.
Grey Matters
Journal of Solicitors for the Elderly
Pitfalls in law firm marketing
Marketing and marketeers are still much misunderstood by Lawyers. Quite simple, Marketing is the means for bringing the services available to those who can make use of them. The cockerel's bright plumage attracts the hen for the particular service which he has to offer. By analogy, we have to make ourselves attractive to our actual and potential clients.
