BLOG: Teasing the easing of the Care Act 2014: Transparent legal protection or hidden unmet need?

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The Coronavirus Act 2020 temporarily gave local authorities the power to water down (or ‘ease’) their legal duties under the Care Act 2014 in limited circumstances. Eight out of the 151 local authorities with responsibility for adult social care in England triggered the easements.[1] Yet most, if not all, experienced the same challenges. Did the minority do so unnecessarily? Or did the vast majority breach their statutory duties? Our research into co-resident carers of someone living with dementia reveals endemic legal uncertainty during the pandemic social care crisis.

Period21 Jan 2022

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  • TitleTeasing the easing of the Care Act 2014: Transparent legal protection or hidden unmet need?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletAgeing Issues
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date21/01/22
    DescriptionThe Coronavirus Act 2020 temporarily gave local authorities the power to water down (or ‘ease’) their legal duties under the Care Act 2014 in limited circumstances. Eight out of the 151 local authorities with responsibility for adult social care in England triggered the easements.[1] Yet most, if not all, experienced the same challenges. Did the minority do so unnecessarily? Or did the vast majority breach their statutory duties? Our research into co-resident carers of someone living with dementia reveals endemic legal uncertainty during the pandemic social care crisis.
    Producer/AuthorBritish Society of Gerontology
    URLhttps://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2022/01/21/teasing-the-easing-of-the-care-act-2014-transparent-legal-protection-or-hidden-unmet-need/
    PersonsNeil Allen, Philip Drake, Debora Price, Jayne Astbury
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global inequalities
  • Dementia@Manchester
  • Policy@Manchester
  • Sustainable Futures
  • Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing

Keywords

  • Care Act 2014
  • Coronovirus Act
  • Care Act easements
  • Social Care
  • Local Authorities
  • Family Care
  • Domiciliary Care
  • Ageing
  • Gerontology

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