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Implementing direct payments for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 gave local authorities the power to make cash payments to community care users for the purchase of their own support. Development of direct payments has been slow, particularly for people with learning difficulties. Describes a study which looked in detail at the legal aspects of making cash payments to people with learning difficulties and examined some of the implications for practice, using case studies, in three local authorities.
Growing up with parents who have learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A recent study by the authors of the University of Sheffield explored the experience of children brought up in a family headed by a parent or parents with learning difficulties. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 now-adult children, the researchers challenge many common assumptions about the risks and outcomes of such an upbringing.