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Development of services for people with learning disabilities (mental handicap) or mental illness in England: Tenth Report prepared pursuant to Section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
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.
People with learning difficulties and their access to direct payments schemes
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 came into force on 1 April 1997. It empowers local authorities to make cash payments to people, so they can purchase their own support services, instead of arranging community care services for them. However, recent research has found that few people with learning difficulties know anything about direct payments. Describes an information programme that set out to inform as many people with learning difficulties as possible about direct payments. A second part of the projectlooked at the progress people have made in their attempts to gain a direct payment. Outlines the findings of the project.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995: code of practice; rights of access, goods, facilities, services and premises
- Authors:
- NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Revised code of practice dealing with duties placed by Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on those providing goods, facilities or services to the public and those selling, letting or managing premises.
Ready, willing and able
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 32, Summer 1999, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Increasingly, disabled people have the option to manage their own care services through direct payment schemes. Looks at how people with learning difficulties may be missing out.
Funding freedom 2000: people with learning difficulties using direct payments
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 132p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes how people with learning difficulties can be supported to access and use Direct Payments, and how potential problems and pitfalls can be circumvented. Begins with a section aimed at people with learning difficulties themselves and goes on to look at what is happening round the country and at how service providers can help people to get Direct Payments.
Social services developments and the impact of the Children (NI) Order 1995: ... report on part III of a three year project entitled the social welfare of children and young people with disabilities in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- MONTEITH Marina, COUSINS Wendy
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Social Work. Cent
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 70p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Part three of a research study on service provision for disabled children in Northern Ireland as they move to adulthood. In this report, service provision is re-examined eighteen months to two years after the implementation of the Children (NI) Order 1995, to identify changes and developments and to assess the initial impact of the Order.
The circumstances, experiences and aspirations of young people with disabilities making the transition to adulthood: part II of a three year project entitled the welfare of children and young people in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- MONTEITH Marina, SNEDDON Helga
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Social Work. Cent
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 75p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Part II of a three part study. Reports on a focused investigation regarding young people with disabilities making and dealing with the transition to adulthood. Describes the experiences of the young people in terms of: leaving school and undertaking further education, work training, or employment; independent living and personal autonomy; social interaction and community participation; and adult roles within the family. Explores the aspirations of the young people for their future as adults. Examines their experiences of social work services and explores their social care needs. Finally, considers the implications of the needs, circumstances, and aspirations of young disabled people for the implementation of the Children (NI) Order 1995.
In their own right: the support needs of family carers of people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Val
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(3), November 1999, pp.94-95.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Community care depends heavily on the family carers who provide day to day care for the majority of people with learning difficulties. The Carers Act 1995 was intended to acknowledge their own needs for support from health and social services. However, new research suggests services may still be neglecting their needs. This paper argues that support for carers is an essential element of community care and should be prioritised in joint health and social services planning.
Rights, needs and the user perspective: a review of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
- Editors:
- BALLOCH Sue, et al
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 105p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Review looking at the diverse and sometimes contradictory perspectives and experiences of a wide range of stakeholders in community care services. Aims to record what they think has really been taking place. Contains chapters on: key issues; identifying need; users' perspectives; the perspective of black communities; older people; older people with dementia and their carers; people with learning difficulties; rationing, charging and costs; housing and community care; community care and substance misuse; and social services departments and their staff.