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Improving personal budgets for older people: a research overview
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, CARR Sarah
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This short report is an evidence overview of key pieces of UK research between 2007 and 2012, which focused on the implementation and uptake of personal budgets and direct payments for older people (including those with dementia) in England. It is not a systematic research review or an exhaustive examination of published research on the topic. Rather, it aims to give an overview of the main themes of research findings which help to identify the challenges and solutions to improving choice and control for older people (including those living with dementia) through the use of personal budgets and direct payments. Issues covered include: culture and system change; making choices and decisions; information and advice; direct payments and support services; understanding allowance and spend; budget management, monitoring and review; risk management and contingency planning; and older people living with dementia.
Personalisation for older people: living at home
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- London
In this video Anne MacFarlane, an older disabled woman and disability rights campaigner, talks about her lifelong experience of social care services. She found conventional services very restrictive, but since choosing to receive direct payments her life has improved considerably, not least because she has been able to take up paid employment. Anne also talks about the importance of accessible transport, independent living and dignity. She says that ultimately personalisation is about being able to ‘do the ordinary’. She concludes by expressing her concerns for her future when her need for support will be greater.