Contents

PartSubject
1The problem: home as the site of lawful care
2The Care Act architecture
3Assessment, eligibility, planning and reasons
4Carers, unpaid labour and direct payments
5Equality, communication and procedural access
6Capacity, consent and coercion
7Human rights: Articles 3, 4, 5 and 8
8Safeguarding and sexual exploitation
9Modern slavery and forced labour
9ASuccessful cases: care work, support and confinement
9BThe coercive care trap: abandonment fear and neglect law
9CMisrepresentation of care law and coerced substitution
10Negligence, gross negligence and criminal thresholds
11Mental health, psychology and DSM‑5‑TR
11ACaring for people affected by trauma
12Building the evidential record
13Public-law and complaint remedies
14A proposed lawful care specification
15Model representations
16Carer training and competency programme
17COVID‑19 lockdown: confinement, abuse, neglect and unequal harm
18Disabled children, family separation and accountable social work
19NookCam: privacy-preserving recording in personal care
20Impact study: true cases, mental health and service reform
21Examination and integrated Level 3 qualification
AIssue checklist and chronology
BTable of authorities and official sources