A Comprehensive Guide Through The Maze, 10 Aug 2004
This is a very comprehensive book covering all the main financial issues (and touching on many non-financial issues too) associated with going into care. It is an ideal book for anyone wanting to know IN DETAIL what happens when care is arranged either at home or in a nursing/care home setting. The level of detail provided can make it rather heavy-going, but this is simply a product of the complexities of the system rather than a fault with the book.

Topics covered include - the legal and administrative framework that social services, and local housing and health authorities work within, the financial help and other services that can be made available to people whilst still living in their own home, the types of semi-independent/supported accommodation that might be available, a detailed overview of all the different DSS welfare benefits that might be available to anyone needing care and an explanation of how those benefits are affected once a move to a care home is made, an explanation of the needs assessments that are made in determining the level of care that can attract state financial support, and the crucial issue of care home charges and how home ownership and capital limits affect the level of financial assistance government agencies provide towards the cost of care. All areas covered are explained in detail and the confusion that often exists about 'which agency is responsible for what' is dispelled.

This book is 500 pages long and is packed with useful information from cover to cover - including explanation of the sometimes significant differences that apply in England, Wales and Scotland. It ends with appendices that provide a verbatim listing of the most relevant sections from 19 Acts of Parliament affecting the provision of care, and lists organisations and publications that can provide further information. It is an invaluable guide through the legal and financial maze that confronts care users and their relatives - it can make facing the issues involved that much easier.

A Comprehensive Guide Through The Maze, 10 Aug 2004
This is a very comprehensive book covering all the main financial issues (and touching on many non-financial issues too) associated with going into care. It is an ideal book for anyone wanting to know IN DETAIL what happens when care is arranged either at home or in a nursing/care home setting. The level of detail provided can make it rather heavy-going, but this is simply a product of the complexities of the system rather than a fault with the book.

Topics covered include - the legal and administrative framework that social services, and local housing and health authorities work within, the financial help and other services that can be made available to people whilst still living in their own home, the types of semi-independent/supported accommodation that might be available, a detailed overview of all the different DSS welfare benefits that might be available to anyone needing care and an explanation of how those benefits are affected once a move to a care home is made, an explanation of the needs assessments that are made in determining the level of care that can attract state financial support, and the crucial issue of care home charges and how home ownership and capital limits affect the level of financial assistance government agencies provide towards the cost of care. All areas covered are explained in detail and the confusion that often exists about 'which agency is responsible for what' is dispelled.

This book is 500 pages long and is packed with useful information from cover to cover - including explanation of the sometimes significant differences that apply in England, Wales and Scotland. It ends with appendices that provide a verbatim listing of the most relevant sections from 19 Acts of Parliament affecting the provision of care, and lists organisations and publications that can provide further information. It is an invaluable guide through the legal and financial maze that confronts care users and their relatives - it can make facing the issues involved that much easier.

Unambiguously THE Definitive Guide To UK Benefits, 10 Aug 2004
The book is published by CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group www.cpag.org.uk) a campaigning organisation that has been working to improve the lot of the disabled and benefit claimants for many years. There is pretty well nothing they don't know about benefits. This book (updated and republished each year) distils all their knowledge and experience into a single volume. (The book is 1500 pages long but printed on thin paper so its only 3.5 cm thick.) Claimants can buy this book direct from CPAG for only £7-50.

This book is unambiguously the best benefits book to buy. It is THE definitive guide to all the benefits and tax credits out there. Its coverage is not merely comprehensive, but complete - down to the level of citing which section/paragraph of which Bills/Acts of parliament give rise to all the various benefits' rules and regulations (the actual legal text of the bills etc is not included but CPAG do other books which do contain this information).

Subjects covered include means tested and non-means tested benefits, health benefits, National Insurance Contributions, Job seekers' allowance, Maternity/Paternity benefits, Retirement Pensions, Social Fund Payments, Incapacity Benefit and detail on how the descriptors are applied by the DWP in determining fitness for work, Housing Benefit, Capital rules, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, back-dating, how to appeal DWP decisions, etc etc. For each subject covered all the complications, exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions(!) are covered. In many ways its not an easy read, but given the complexity of the law and its interpretation this level of detail is really the only way the REALITY of the benefit system can be adequately explained. This level of essential detail is in sharp contrast to many of the (perhaps understandably) simplistic explanations found in most DWP leaflets.

With the increasing number of Government pilot schemes and the massive complexity of the benefit system and the frequent changes made to it each year, it is really only with a book such as this that it becomes possible to properly understand what benefits are available, and the serious and long-lasting consequences that can follow from DWP decisions and from actions taken by claimants. In this regard, the book steers a tentatively pro-claimant course but with a touch of pro-DWP 'responsible stakeholder' too.

In short, it is the only book on benefits that claimants, their friends and families will ever need (each year!).

(CPAG (and Amazon!) also do a similar book on Paying for Care (Homes etc) which is also excellent - ISBN 1-901698-52-1).

A Comprehensive Guide Through The Maze, 10 Aug 2004
This is a very comprehensive book covering all the main financial issues (and touching on many non-financial issues too) associated with going into care. It is an ideal book for anyone wanting to know IN DETAIL what happens when care is arranged either at home or in a nursing/care home setting. The level of detail provided can make it rather heavy-going, but this is simply a product of the complexities of the system rather than a fault with the book.

Topics covered include - the legal and administrative framework that social services, and local housing and health authorities work within, the financial help and other services that can be made available to people whilst still living in their own home, the types of semi-independent/supported accommodation that might be available, a detailed overview of all the different DSS welfare benefits that might be available to anyone needing care and an explanation of how those benefits are affected once a move to a care home is made, an explanation of the needs assessments that are made in determining the level of care that can attract state financial support, and the crucial issue of care home charges and how home ownership and capital limits affect the level of financial assistance government agencies provide towards the cost of care. All areas covered are explained in detail and the confusion that often exists about 'which agency is responsible for what' is dispelled.

This book is 500 pages long and is packed with useful information from cover to cover - including explanation of the sometimes significant differences that apply in England, Wales and Scotland. It ends with appendices that provide a verbatim listing of the most relevant sections from 19 Acts of Parliament affecting the provision of care, and lists organisations and publications that can provide further information. It is an invaluable guide through the legal and financial maze that confronts care users and their relatives - it can make facing the issues involved that much easier.

Unambiguously THE Definitive Guide To UK Benefits, 10 Aug 2004
The book is published by CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group www.cpag.org.uk) a campaigning organisation that has been working to improve the lot of the disabled and benefit claimants for many years. There is pretty well nothing they don't know about benefits. This book (updated and republished each year) distils all their knowledge and experience into a single volume. (The book is 1500 pages long but printed on thin paper so its only 3.5 cm thick.) Claimants can buy this book direct from CPAG for only £7-50.

This book is unambiguously the best benefits book to buy. It is THE definitive guide to all the benefits and tax credits out there. Its coverage is not merely comprehensive, but complete - down to the level of citing which section/paragraph of which Bills/Acts of parliament give rise to all the various benefits' rules and regulations (the actual legal text of the bills etc is not included but CPAG do other books which do contain this information).

Subjects covered include means tested and non-means tested benefits, health benefits, National Insurance Contributions, Job seekers' allowance, Maternity/Paternity benefits, Retirement Pensions, Social Fund Payments, Incapacity Benefit and detail on how the descriptors are applied by the DWP in determining fitness for work, Housing Benefit, Capital rules, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, back-dating, how to appeal DWP decisions, etc etc. For each subject covered all the complications, exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions(!) are covered. In many ways its not an easy read, but given the complexity of the law and its interpretation this level of detail is really the only way the REALITY of the benefit system can be adequately explained. This level of essential detail is in sharp contrast to many of the (perhaps understandably) simplistic explanations found in most DWP leaflets.

With the increasing number of Government pilot schemes and the massive complexity of the benefit system and the frequent changes made to it each year, it is really only with a book such as this that it becomes possible to properly understand what benefits are available, and the serious and long-lasting consequences that can follow from DWP decisions and from actions taken by claimants. In this regard, the book steers a tentatively pro-claimant course but with a touch of pro-DWP 'responsible stakeholder' too.

In short, it is the only book on benefits that claimants, their friends and families will ever need (each year!).

(CPAG (and Amazon!) also do a similar book on Paying for Care (Homes etc) which is also excellent - ISBN 1-901698-52-1).

Good info in the book, wrong author displayed, 20 Mar 2004
The book as shown on your web site is incorrectly accredited to Hamilton whereas closedr inspection of the authors show it should be credited to George Bett et al

The book is an updated version of the previous editions and covers all aspects of the current building regulations with good annotated sketches.

Please amend web site to show the correct details

A Comprehensive Guide Through The Maze, 10 Aug 2004
This is a very comprehensive book covering all the main financial issues (and touching on many non-financial issues too) associated with going into care. It is an ideal book for anyone wanting to know IN DETAIL what happens when care is arranged either at home or in a nursing/care home setting. The level of detail provided can make it rather heavy-going, but this is simply a product of the complexities of the system rather than a fault with the book.

Topics covered include - the legal and administrative framework that social services, and local housing and health authorities work within, the financial help and other services that can be made available to people whilst still living in their own home, the types of semi-independent/supported accommodation that might be available, a detailed overview of all the different DSS welfare benefits that might be available to anyone needing care and an explanation of how those benefits are affected once a move to a care home is made, an explanation of the needs assessments that are made in determining the level of care that can attract state financial support, and the crucial issue of care home charges and how home ownership and capital limits affect the level of financial assistance government agencies provide towards the cost of care. All areas covered are explained in detail and the confusion that often exists about 'which agency is responsible for what' is dispelled.

This book is 500 pages long and is packed with useful information from cover to cover - including explanation of the sometimes significant differences that apply in England, Wales and Scotland. It ends with appendices that provide a verbatim listing of the most relevant sections from 19 Acts of Parliament affecting the provision of care, and lists organisations and publications that can provide further information. It is an invaluable guide through the legal and financial maze that confronts care users and their relatives - it can make facing the issues involved that much easier.

Unambiguously THE Definitive Guide To UK Benefits, 10 Aug 2004
The book is published by CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group www.cpag.org.uk) a campaigning organisation that has been working to improve the lot of the disabled and benefit claimants for many years. There is pretty well nothing they don't know about benefits. This book (updated and republished each year) distils all their knowledge and experience into a single volume. (The book is 1500 pages long but printed on thin paper so its only 3.5 cm thick.) Claimants can buy this book direct from CPAG for only £7-50.

This book is unambiguously the best benefits book to buy. It is THE definitive guide to all the benefits and tax credits out there. Its coverage is not merely comprehensive, but complete - down to the level of citing which section/paragraph of which Bills/Acts of parliament give rise to all the various benefits' rules and regulations (the actual legal text of the bills etc is not included but CPAG do other books which do contain this information).

Subjects covered include means tested and non-means tested benefits, health benefits, National Insurance Contributions, Job seekers' allowance, Maternity/Paternity benefits, Retirement Pensions, Social Fund Payments, Incapacity Benefit and detail on how the descriptors are applied by the DWP in determining fitness for work, Housing Benefit, Capital rules, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, back-dating, how to appeal DWP decisions, etc etc. For each subject covered all the complications, exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions(!) are covered. In many ways its not an easy read, but given the complexity of the law and its interpretation this level of detail is really the only way the REALITY of the benefit system can be adequately explained. This level of essential detail is in sharp contrast to many of the (perhaps understandably) simplistic explanations found in most DWP leaflets.

With the increasing number of Government pilot schemes and the massive complexity of the benefit system and the frequent changes made to it each year, it is really only with a book such as this that it becomes possible to properly understand what benefits are available, and the serious and long-lasting consequences that can follow from DWP decisions and from actions taken by claimants. In this regard, the book steers a tentatively pro-claimant course but with a touch of pro-DWP 'responsible stakeholder' too.

In short, it is the only book on benefits that claimants, their friends and families will ever need (each year!).

(CPAG (and Amazon!) also do a similar book on Paying for Care (Homes etc) which is also excellent - ISBN 1-901698-52-1).

Good info in the book, wrong author displayed, 20 Mar 2004
The book as shown on your web site is incorrectly accredited to Hamilton whereas closedr inspection of the authors show it should be credited to George Bett et al

The book is an updated version of the previous editions and covers all aspects of the current building regulations with good annotated sketches.

Please amend web site to show the correct details

An Essential Guide to Legal issues in Scotland for Health Professionals, 17 Aug 2006
This is my new best friend,as a Senior Nurse for Looked after Children this makes sense of the Legal System for me. Very good piece in section 1.3 on Writing reports. Also Part Four Child Care & Child Protection is very clear and easy to read.
This book is a great size to pop in my case.

A Comprehensive Guide Through The Maze, 10 Aug 2004
This is a very comprehensive book covering all the main financial issues (and touching on many non-financial issues too) associated with going into care. It is an ideal book for anyone wanting to know IN DETAIL what happens when care is arranged either at home or in a nursing/care home setting. The level of detail provided can make it rather heavy-going, but this is simply a product of the complexities of the system rather than a fault with the book.

Topics covered include - the legal and administrative framework that social services, and local housing and health authorities work within, the financial help and other services that can be made available to people whilst still living in their own home, the types of semi-independent/supported accommodation that might be available, a detailed overview of all the different DSS welfare benefits that might be available to anyone needing care and an explanation of how those benefits are affected once a move to a care home is made, an explanation of the needs assessments that are made in determining the level of care that can attract state financial support, and the crucial issue of care home charges and how home ownership and capital limits affect the level of financial assistance government agencies provide towards the cost of care. All areas covered are explained in detail and the confusion that often exists about 'which agency is responsible for what' is dispelled.

This book is 500 pages long and is packed with useful information from cover to cover - including explanation of the sometimes significant differences that apply in England, Wales and Scotland. It ends with appendices that provide a verbatim listing of the most relevant sections from 19 Acts of Parliament affecting the provision of care, and lists organisations and publications that can provide further information. It is an invaluable guide through the legal and financial maze that confronts care users and their relatives - it can make facing the issues involved that much easier.

Unambiguously THE Definitive Guide To UK Benefits, 10 Aug 2004
The book is published by CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group www.cpag.org.uk) a campaigning organisation that has been working to improve the lot of the disabled and benefit claimants for many years. There is pretty well nothing they don't know about benefits. This book (updated and republished each year) distils all their knowledge and experience into a single volume. (The book is 1500 pages long but printed on thin paper so its only 3.5 cm thick.) Claimants can buy this book direct from CPAG for only £7-50.

This book is unambiguously the best benefits book to buy. It is THE definitive guide to all the benefits and tax credits out there. Its coverage is not merely comprehensive, but complete - down to the level of citing which section/paragraph of which Bills/Acts of parliament give rise to all the various benefits' rules and regulations (the actual legal text of the bills etc is not included but CPAG do other books which do contain this information).

Subjects covered include means tested and non-means tested benefits, health benefits, National Insurance Contributions, Job seekers' allowance, Maternity/Paternity benefits, Retirement Pensions, Social Fund Payments, Incapacity Benefit and detail on how the descriptors are applied by the DWP in determining fitness for work, Housing Benefit, Capital rules, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, back-dating, how to appeal DWP decisions, etc etc. For each subject covered all the complications, exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions(!) are covered. In many ways its not an easy read, but given the complexity of the law and its interpretation this level of detail is really the only way the REALITY of the benefit system can be adequately explained. This level of essential detail is in sharp contrast to many of the (perhaps understandably) simplistic explanations found in most DWP leaflets.

With the increasing number of Government pilot schemes and the massive complexity of the benefit system and the frequent changes made to it each year, it is really only with a book such as this that it becomes possible to properly understand what benefits are available, and the serious and long-lasting consequences that can follow from DWP decisions and from actions taken by claimants. In this regard, the book steers a tentatively pro-claimant course but with a touch of pro-DWP 'responsible stakeholder' too.

In short, it is the only book on benefits that claimants, their friends and families will ever need (each year!).

(CPAG (and Amazon!) also do a similar book on Paying for Care (Homes etc) which is also excellent - ISBN 1-901698-52-1).

Good info in the book, wrong author displayed, 20 Mar 2004
The book as shown on your web site is incorrectly accredited to Hamilton whereas closedr inspection of the authors show it should be credited to George Bett et al

The book is an updated version of the previous editions and covers all aspects of the current building regulations with good annotated sketches.

Please amend web site to show the correct details

An Essential Guide to Legal issues in Scotland for Health Professionals, 17 Aug 2006
This is my new best friend,as a Senior Nurse for Looked after Children this makes sense of the Legal System for me. Very good piece in section 1.3 on Writing reports. Also Part Four Child Care & Child Protection is very clear and easy to read.
This book is a great size to pop in my case.


The uk's Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Regulations., 26 Jun 2004
What can you say?! It's not exactly a gripping read, but for anyone working in HB or CTB it's the law! Essential for all practitioners or advisers. If you don't work in benefits and happily pay your rent and/or Council tax each month perhaps you're best to avoid, especially if you want something to read for the beach!