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Disability benefits
- Author:
- GREEN Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(6), February 1998, p.203.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
People with disabilities living independently in the community can claim a range of benefits to meet their special care needs. Looks at some of the benefits currently under review in the government's welfare reform programme.
Community care: minutes of evidence, Wednesday 18 April 1990: NHS Health Advisory Service, National Development Team for People with a Mental Handicap
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Social Services Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discussion of community care provision for the mentally handicapped and mentally ill, including social security benefits.
Supporting People: consultation paper on data definitions and code lists: May 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Development Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Direct payments for people with learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- 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 with disabilities, including learning difficulties, for the purchase of their community care arrangements. People with learning difficulties and their supporters are already recognising the potential benefits, but few preparations have yet been made, according to recent research undertaken for Values Into Action by the authors. Describes the findings of the study, which interviewed people with learning difficulties, support schemes and local authorities.
Selecting personal care assistance: what you need to know
- Authors:
- RUCKER Lyn, NIELD Gary
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Practical guide for people with disabilities, outlining how to select a personal assistant. Contains information on: direct payments; independent living funds; access to work; needs and preferences; personal assistance profile; recruiting and assistant; selecting an assistant (including application forms, screening, and interviewing); and hiring and the first day.
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.
Supported living and supported employment: opening up opportunities to people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 70, July 1998, pp.7-11.
Discusses how despite hospital resettlement programmes and the development of community care, people with learning difficulties often remain at risk of either being trapped in the family home or ending up in residential care. Similarly, although many would like to work, for the majority, a segregated day centre remains the only option. As a result, people with learning difficulties are too often socially and financially impoverished, vulnerable and living in, but rarely part of, their communities.
Social services law: judicial review, financial resources and legitimate expectations
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2(3), July 1997, pp.23-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In the context of a recent judicial review case, the Court of Appeal has delivered, on the one hand, a powerful weapon for people with disabilities who need social services, but, on the other, managerial implications which are bound to be keeping budget holders awake at night. The final outcome of the case - due for hearing before the Lords at some point in the next year - may well have wider implications for changes to social services legislation generally. Considers the significance of this case for local authorities, practitioners and users of community care services. Goes on to look at the interplay between the concept of statutory discretion and the emergent legal doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation, and its significance for social service attitudes and practice is articulated.
Supported employment, people and money
- Author:
- CORDEN Anne
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 51p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Reviews the literature and research about the financial aspects of a move to supported employment, where disabled people may earn an ordinary wage, and lose their entitlement to benefits and free services.
Will direct funding mean genuine empowerment - or a candyfloss charade?
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(4), April 1996, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author warns that terms like direct funding and brokerage could be used to hide new forms of professional colonialism. Or the direct funding system could be a great success story leading to genuine and radical transfer of power. Asks which it is to be.