Making direct payments a choice: a report on the research findings

Authors:
MAGLAJLIC Rea, BRANDON David, GIVEN David
Journal article citation:
Disability and Society, 15(1), January 2000, pp.99-113.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis

This article describes research done in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets under the supervision of the local Coalition of Disabled People. It involved three different client groups-people with learning difficulties, mental health service users and those with physical disabilities. The study focused on several issues: how to provide effective information; what sorts of support could direct payments purchase; how could it be accessed; how could users handle the money; how could it all be evaluated? Most carers, staff and users considered this radical idea favourably, but were suspicious of their own local authority and would want independent systems of supervision and monitoring, accountable to other users, rather than professionals.

Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, needs, payments, physical disabilities, surveys, user views, direct payments, evaluation;
Content type:
research
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN online:
1360-0508
ISSN print:
0968-7599

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