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Journey to independence: how to run your life with direct payments
- Authors:
- GRAMLICH Stacey, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 140p. CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Presents an easy read guide to obtaining direct payments and choosing a carer. A Direct Payment is a cash payment from a Local Authority, to enable people to purchase their own services. The power to make Direct Payments is given to Local Authorities under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996, which came into force on the 1st April 1997. Guidance to accompany the Act specifically included people with a learning disability.
Journey to independence: what self-advocates tell us about direct payments; a joint research project from Swindon People First and the Norah Fry Research Centre
- Authors:
- GRAMLICH Stacey, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 137p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Very few people with learning disabilities get direct payments, yet many see it as an Important part of their journey to independence. This report examines: the best ways to support people with learning disabilities to get direct payments; how people with learning difficulties have gained from direct payments; and the best ways of giving information and publicising direct payments.