Designed to help staff to deal with current legislation and the challenges faced in specialist and complex community care assessment. This work contains 30 case studies drawn from real-life examples. Exercises and examples forms are included to assist in daily assessment, referral and care plans.

Designed to help staff to deal effectively with both current legislation and the challenges faced in specialist and complex community care assessment, this work contains 30 case studies drawn from real-life examples. Practical exercises involve and challenge the reader and examples forms are included to assist in the daily context of assessment, referral and care plan procedures. In addition, commentaries draw out the lessons learned from each case.

Part 1 Introduction: new start, change and purpose
financing of community care
developing new services
assessment - the scale of the enterprise
is a need assessment really necessary? services without assessment
about this book - true stories and assessments from case studies
the commentaries explained. Part 2 A guide to the guidance: introduction to assessment and care management
official stages of care management
what is need? disabled persons
developing shared values
challenging practitioners to change
ten steps of assessment
assessing need
skills in assessing need
what assessors need to know
levels of assessing
comprehensive assessment
priority levels
what users should know
useful definitions
non-oppressive practice. Part 3 Case studies: the angry old lady
the HIV family
the repossessed war hero
the man who outstayed his welcome
the vengeful husband
the unneighbourly neighbour
the disputed placement
the invisible residence
the travelling family. Part 4 Exercises: user profiles
priority setting
referral and assessment
care packages
recording and anti-discriminatory practice. Part 5 Forms: examples of assessment, referral and care plan forms. Part 6 Commentaries on the case studies. (Part contents).