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Pulling the rug out
- Author:
- STONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.11.96, 1996, p.31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how proposals to change the method of allocating funds to services for people with learning difficulties in Wales could lead to cuts, and the collapse of some services.
Becoming less eligible? Intellectual disability services in the age of austerity: research findings
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. School for Social Care Research
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
Findings of a study to gather empirical data concerning the wellbeing of individuals with intellectual disabilities, focusing on their experience of lost social care services as a result of austerity measures, the services they use and the costs of their support, and the impact any loss of benefits and services has had on them. The research team interviewed 150 people in England with ID about their experiences of austerity and changes in care since 2008. The findings show that of the 150 people interviewed, many (42%) had lost care, 14% had experienced changed care and care had remained the same for 36%. Only 7% said their care had improved. Those who had lost care were engaged in fewer activities and experienced poorer self-esteem and quality of life than those who had not lost care. For many losing support meant a loss of independence and an increased reliance on their families/ third sector for support. They were also anxious about their futures. Mean total care costs were around £30,000 per annum. The most expensive was 24-hour residential care (mean = £73,000), while the cheapest was family care (mean = £8,269; although considerable family care was unrecorded). The paper argues that policy decisions need to consider the significant negative impact that austerity measures have had and that responsibility for people with ID needs to be properly 'shared' between health and social care to avoid people falling between them. (Edited publisher abstract)
What price work?
- Author:
- SAMUEL Mithran
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.8.10, 2010, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Employment rates for adults with learning disabilities or mental health problems remain law. The coalition government has said it will improve support for these groups through Work Choice, the Department for Work and Pensions' new disability employment programme. However, there are worries that spending cuts may mean this will not happen. This article discusses three possible sources of job support for disabled people and the possible risk to their futures. Work Choice; discretionary employment support services, such as that provided by the organisation Pure; and the individual placement and support model which has been found to improve job and health outcomes.
Juggling to keep within the law?
- Author:
- HALFORD John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(1), July 1999, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Under increasing financial pressure, many local authorities have cut services for disabled people living in the community, increased charges for those services, or both. The author considers whether such strategies are lawful.
Reversal of fortune
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.7.94, 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The All Wales Mental Handicap Strategy was hailed as the ideal model of a strategy to care for people with learning difficulties. But eleven years on there is increasing evidence, despite repeated denials by the government, that cut-backs have forced a change in policy on the strategy.