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Here are some of the topics covered in this course:

Direct payments; Information and advice; Nominated and authorised persons; Legal obligations of the nominated person; Can a direct payment be made directly to the nominated person?; Monitoring direct payments; Personal budget; Request for a direct payment; Assessing capacity; Adults with capacity; Adults without capacity; All the conditions must be met; Administering direct payments; Effective use of public money; Paying the authority back; Limits on how budgets are used; Payment and additional costs; Combining budgets; Reviewing direct payments; Discontinuing direct payments; Terminating direct payments; No gap in support; What should the local authority do when a person loses capacity?; What should the local authority do when a person regains capacity?; Safeguarding; Paying family members; ‘Care’ and ‘Administration’; Who pays private agencies?; Long-term care in a care home; Short term care in a care home; Limits on short term care; Why is the time limit?; Direct payments and hospital stays; Using a direct payment while in hospital; When a nominated or authorised person is in hospital; Becoming an employer; Help for those employing PAs; Local authority responsibilities; Direct payments for local authority services; Purchasing from another local authority; Pre-payment cards