'Inherently risky?': Personal budgets for people with dementia and the risks of financial abuse: Findings from an interview-based study with adult safeguarding coordinators

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 889-903

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Samsi, Kritika ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Direct Payments; Financial abuse; Mental capacity; Personal budgets; Safeguarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881335278     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs023     Document Type: Article

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