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It pays dividends: direct payments and older people
- Authors:
- CLARK Heather, GOUGH Helen, MACFARLANE Ann
- Publisher:
- Policy Press,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Drawing on interviews with older people, local authority care managers and direct payments support service workers, this report looks at how older people use direct payments and how they make them work. It considers the role of direct payments support services and local authority care managers in making direct payments a real option for older people. The report is particularly valuable in reflecting the views and experiences of older people themselves. Key issues discussed include: the benefits of direct payments to older people; the experiences of a group of minority ethnic older people receiving direct payments; the perspectives of care managers; the role of direct payments support services; and local authority funding of support services.
Piloting choice and control for older people: an evaluation
- Authors:
- CLARK Heather, SPAFFORD Jan
- Publisher:
- Policy Press/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 81p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Evaluation of a pilot scheme implemented by Portsmouth Social Services Department which aimed to find ways of increasing user choice and control in service delivery to older people. Describes the scheme with reference to the views of managers and users; informal carers and user empowerment; black and minority ethnic users; the views of provider organisations; and changing the culture of care management. Concludes by drawing out the broader lessons applicable to the extension of the Direct Payments scheme to older people.