Equipment for Older or Disabled People and the Law

Name: Equipment for Older or Disabled People and the Law
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ISBN: 9781853023521

ISBN-10: 1853023523

ISBN-13: 9781853023521

Edition: 1997

Authors: Michael Mandelstam

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Written by the author of Community Care Practice and the Law, this study provides a survey of the law and practice for disabled equipment, irrespective of the targeted users, its availability and what to do if something goes wrong.

Book details

List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Publication date: 1/28/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English




Introduction



Main themes of the book



Overview of provision of equipment in practice



Equipment and awareness of the law



When things go wrong



What statutory services and their staff can and can't do



Provision of equipment by social services departments



Provision of equipment by the NHS



Provision of equipment in residential and nursing homes



Provision of home adaptations by housing authorities and social service departments



Provision of equipment for pupils and students with special educational needs



Provision of equipment and adaptations for work



War pensioners: provision of equipment and adaptations



Negligence



Product liability, safety and legislative requirements



Buying equipment and making contracts



Challenging the decisions of statutory services about equipment provision: judicial review



Breach of duties in relation to equipment: criminal and civil liability


A-Z list of equipment and its availability through statutory services


Index