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A brighter future for direct payments
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 18(1), 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
A central difficulty of the current status of direct payments support is that it has a monopolistic position. Organisations providing support are funded and therefore controlled by local authorities, more interested in value for money and targets that actually supporting disabled people as they wish. Looks to the future and considers 2 possible solutions. One, mid-term, would be a free market approach, the other, more radical and long term, a personal assistance agency or management service.
Let's get professional
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 17(4), May 2004, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at the importance of an efficient professional structure if direct payments are to be a successful. The author also provides a personal account of his experience of direct payments.
How are supportive services for direct payment users?
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 17(3), 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at what a proper direct payment support services should do to fully support all its service users.
Is what you need what you really want?
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(3), 2002, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Need is good and want is bad is the first lesson of care manager, says the author. But when it comes to the supply of personal care products, shouldn't disabled people be involved in choosing them? However argues that disabled people should be involved in choosing their own personal care products.
On being the boss
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(2), 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author argues that there are significant benefits in employing personal assistants and that the direct payments system is the way ahead. However, highlights some of the problems in being the boss.
Is the independent living movement about liberation or oppression?
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(4), April 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Argues that it is time the independent living movement stopped thinking about disabled people in stereotypes and focused on their opportunities for real living.
Direct payments go to school
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(3), January 2001, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Direct payments policy will be five years old this year. Examines the problems it is facing and the lessons it must learn. Focuses on the area of personal assistants.