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Money, finance and the personalisation agenda for people with learning disabilities in the UK: some emerging issues
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, MARRIOTT Anna
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(2), 2013, pp.106-113.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In the UK, policy on adult social care places an emphasis on maximising choice and control for service users, including people with learning disabilities. The shift from the provision of organised services for groups of people to offering individual and personal budgets and pots of money for people to buy their own services has major implications for the way in which people with learning disabilities are offered the opportunity to be much more ‘hands-on’ with managing their own financial affairs. This paper highlights some key and emerging issues on the topic of money and personalisation and draws on interviews with a range of staff in learning disability services and highlights their views, hopes and concerns about the best ways to support people with money matters. The response of mainstream financial institutions to the needs of people with learning disabilities and the political and economic context in which the personalisation agenda is developing are also discussed. (Edited publisher abstract)