... the former DHSS, the survey covered homes catering for older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental illness and people with physicaldisabilities.Although the number of ... frequentlyCare Homes for Older People Volume 1 Facilities, Residents and CostsAnn Netten Andrew Bebbington Robin Dartonand Julien ForderPSSRUat the University of Kent at Canterbury,the London ... inNHS beds for older people (Ginn and Arber, 1999). Since 1993, when the NHSand Community Care Act 1990 came into force, local authorities have beenresponsible for assessing all applicants for publicly-funded...