Advice and information for people who need care, their families and carers. It includes financial aspects and role of local authorities in undertaking assessments of need.

A study looking at whether older people and family carers get the right information, advice and support they need regarding finding & moving into a care home. Results show self-funders often lack this, people’s choice of home can be limited, there is no

This describes the role of the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate, outlines it’s corporate structure, and the people & processes through which it will communicate with social care providers

Information about the role of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), and what it will mean to people who use social services

This is a report based on a MORI survey of older people in homes that was commissioned by the Commission for Social Care Inspection for it’s launch on 1st April 2004. It looks at what people want from social care services as they get older, and has a numb

Explanation of the term “social care”. It also describes the role of the new single Inspectorate for Social Care (CSCI) in England, set up in April 2004. It combines the former work of thev Social Services Inspectorate (SSI), the SSI/Audit Commission join