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Claiming disability living allowance: an information pack for adults up to age 65 using mental health services, their carers and advocates
- Authors:
- DAVIS Alex, DAVIS Ann, O'KANE Martin
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health; Suresearch
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This Information Pack addresses, in a practical way, the issue of poverty amongst people who use mental health services. Whilst increasing numbers of people with mental health problems are claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) the evidence suggests that many who could benefit from it are still not making claims. In 2005 £200 million of DLA and Attendance Allowance was unclaimed. The authors of this guide have had success in increasing income levels amongst service users by assisting them to claim DLA and would like to share what they have learnt with others.
Benefits and work for people with mental health problems: a briefing for mental health workers
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, SCOTT Judy
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health service users often want to return to work, but after six months of sickness absence, only half ever succeed. Many are unsure or misinformed about how to make the journey into employment without feeling financially or emotionally insecure. It is important for mental health support workers in every field to have some knowledge of the benefits system – this briefing enables them to offer accurate guidance which will help service users make the move into employment with reduced risk to their wellbeing or their income. The briefing identifies seven major disincentives to work which must be tackled by policy makers before returning to employment can become a clear, easy process for service users. Under the present system, people may experience no financial gain, or even a drop in income from working, they may be unable to get financial support for practical needs at work, and they may be forced to undergo an untimely medical review.
Social work and mental health: report on the SSAC workshop
- Editor:
- ZARB Gerry
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Social Security Advisory Committee
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers from a workshop on mental health and social security. Topics addressed include: the claimant perspective; local mental health projects; users perspectives and problems; the Benefits Agency perspective; the Benefits Agency perspective on the new Medical Incapacity Test; access and entitlement; and advocacy and appeals.
Bad form
- Authors:
- LINDOW Vivien, TAYLOR Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.6.95, 1995, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People applying for disability living allowance face a major obstacle in the shape of the application form. Offers some help with completing the form.
Literature review: understanding the needs of people with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities and the implications for the Pension, Disability and Carers Service
- Authors:
- BUTTERS Andrew, WEBSTER Mike, HILL Matt
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 62p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The focus of this literature review is the needs, preferences and experiences of people with mental health problems or mental illness and/or learning disabilities when making claims or accessing benefits, specifically Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance, and the implications of this for the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (PDCS) when assessing claims against its eligibility criteria. The report covers the background, policy context, scope and methodology of the review, and its findings concerning understanding needs, the role and extent of use of advocacy, gaps in service provision, good practice in providing services, barriers to the increased take-up of benefits, key networks, partners and links for PDCS in meeting needs, customer satisfaction, and channel preferences and digital inclusion. It includes recommended next steps for the PDCS.
Mental health and incapacity for work: an information pack for people claiming incapacity benefit, income support and severe disablement allowance
- Authors:
- BETTERIDGE Jean, DAVIS Ann
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health; Suresearch
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This Information Pack has been written for people using mental health services and their advocates who are concerned to maximise benefit income. Research has shown that the Incapacity for Work Test, brings with it complex and worrying procedures for people with mental health problems who are unable to work and who claim Incapacity Benefit, Income Support and Severe Disablement Allowance.
Transforming services: changing lives: a guide for action
- Authors:
- CLARK Marion, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health; Suresearch
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This guide suggests ways of engaging with user involvement which will assist mental health practitioners in mental health trusts and the voluntary sector to improve practice in this area. It combines ideas and advice with direct quotes from some of the users and staff who contributed to the research on which it is based.
We can work it out: ten mental health service users talk about their experience of moving from benefits to work
- Editors:
- ANAYA Staphanie, et al
- Publisher:
- King's College London. Institute for Applied Health and Social Policy
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report relates the experiences of ten mental health users who talk about their experiences of moving from benefits to work. They address some of the concerns that users may have about benefits, disclosure, stigma, medication and coping with bad days.
Our voice in our future: service users debate the future of the welfare state
- Authors:
- TURNER Michael, BROUGH Phil, WILLIAMS-FINDLAY RB
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 109p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Our Voice in Our Future (OVIOF) was established by the Shaping Our Lives (SOL) project in 1999 in response to a request from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to facilitate user involvement in a new funding programme, initially called Shaping Futures and subsequently changed to the Future of Human Rights and Welfare. The programme sets out to involve service users in the debate on the future of welfare, rights and entitlement in social care and disability. OVIOF was set up to start this process by identifying the key issues for service users. Before starting the project, Shaping Our Lives ran an initial project to involve a range of service users defining the project. This process is described in Chapter 2 of this report.
Projections of demand for social care and disability benefits for younger adults in England: report of research conducted for the Commission on Funding of Care and Support
- Authors:
- SNELL Tom, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Using an adapted version of a projections model for younger adults developed by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), this paper provides projections of demand and future public expenditure for social care and disability benefits for younger adults (aged 18 to 64) in England to 2030. Projections are broken down in the categories of: people with learning disabilities; people with physical or sensory impairments; other groups (such as people with mental health problems) combined. The paper describes the various data used in the modelling; presents a set of base case assumptions: presents the projections obtained using those assumptions: and investigates the sensitivity of the projections to changes in those assumptions. A final section sets out some conclusions.