Equipment for Older or Disabled People and the Law

Equipment provision by statutory services is based on a framework of legislation and policy and this book explains what equipment is available, how it is available, what and whom it is for and what to do when it goes wrong. It covers negligence, unsafe and defective equipment, the need to purchase equipment, challenging the decisions of statutory services and breaches of statutory duty.

Part 4 of the book contains an extensive A-Z list of equipment types with references to the legal issues involved.