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Whose hands are on their money
- Author:
- BEWLEY Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, July 1997, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
A striking feature of the lives of many people with learning difficulties is their poverty, even when they have money in their own names. Whether they have a large inheritance, are employed or live on benefits, people with learning difficulties are regularly denied the right to use their own money as they would wish. The author reports on findings of research which gathers together the experiences of people with learning difficulties across the UK.
Care managers can be champions for direct payments
- Author:
- BEWLEY Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Since the introduction of direct payments in 1997, only limited progress has been made in introducing schemes for people with learning difficulties. This article reviews the developments and the challenges, including the difficulties caused by publicity over the South Lanarkshire case. Care managers should do more to support and promote direct payments which are "exciting, challenging, innovative tools that help us towards empowerment and equality".