Vulnerable adults and community care

Contents include: welfare policy - context of community care; the changing face of community care - assessment, personalisation and outcomes; the Mental Capacity Act 2005; the older person's social care and the enabling service; intermediate care - implications for service users; to what extent is self-directed support actually self-directed by people with learning disabilities?; caring for older people - informal care and carers; promoting inclusiveness - developing empowering practice with minority groups of older people; eclectic models in working with learning disabled people - an overview of some key issues concerning health and wellness; people with learning difficulties - issues of vulnerability; safeguarding adults for community care.