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Services for people with disability from Chinese backgrounds
- Authors:
- FISHER Karen R., GLANFIELD Georgina
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy Research Centre Newsletter, 101, February 2009, pp.1, 4-5.
- Publisher:
- University of New South Wales. Social Policy Research Centre
Australia's largest migrant group, people from Chinese backgrounds, are among the least represented in the use of formal disability support services. This article summarises research findings on barriers to service support; the impact of culture, language and recent migration on preferences for service support; and responsiveness of service providers. The study aimed to inform future participatory research with people with disability and draw conclusions about possible policy directions to meet the preferences of people with disability from Chinese backgrounds.
Effect of a voucher benefit on the demand for paid personal assistance
- Authors:
- MENG Hongdao, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 46(2), April 2006, pp.183-192.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this study the effect of a voucher benefit on the demand for personal assistance by Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older who had functional disabilities was estimated. Secondary data analysis was carried out on 645 Medicare beneficiaries from the Medicare Primary and Consumer-Directed Care Demonstration (a randomized controlled trial) between August 1998 and June 2000. The research estimated a two-part model to determine the effect of the voucher on out-of-pocket personal assistance expenditures. The model controlled for individual health and functional status variables, sociodemographics, prior health care utilization, and state fixed effects. A modest experimental Medicare personal assistance voucher benefit increased the likelihood of any out-of-pocket spending for assistance, but it did not increase the amount of personal assistance expenditures among users. Overall, the voucher benefits increased average annual expenditures by 10%. However, this effect did not reach statistical significance. The voucher benefit provided a small incentive to use personal assistance for older Medicare beneficiaries with functional disabilities. Thus, if Medicare were to implement such a benefit, Medicare expenditures may increase. Further research is needed to determine if the increased personal assistance use leads to better health outcomes and whether it is associated with offset cost savings for Medicare-covered services.
Barriers and facilitators to health and social service access and utilization for immigrant parents raising a child with a physical disability
- Authors:
- FELLIN Melissa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 9(3), 2013, pp.135-145.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The research used qualitative interviews with five immigrant parents of four children with a physical disability in two cities in Ontario, Canada to examine the barriers and facilitators to health and social service access and utilization immigrant parents faced. The findings indicate that divergent perceptions of health care and disability, language, knowledge of service systems, and finances may create obstacles to family-centered and culturally sensitive care. Formal supports, including a third person to navigate the system and services provided in families’ homes, are facilitators that enhance the service care experiences of parents. Service providers need to accommodate and work with immigrant parents who have a child with a disability to overcome the barriers to their care. To enhance service experiences formal support and home services should be provided when possible. (Edited publisher abstract)
People of color with disabilities: intersectionality as a framework for analyzing intimate partner violence in social, historical, and political contexts
- Authors:
- CRAMER Elizabeth P., PLUMMER Sara-Beth
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 18(2), March 2009, pp.162-181.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The conceptual framework of intersectionality is used to deconstruct the help-seeking and help-receiving behaviours of abused women of colour with disabilities. Two case vignettes illustrate the interplay between race, gender, accent, immigration status, sexual orientation, disability and socioeconomic status in help-seeking decisions. The authors note the limitations of some models of system response to people of colour with disabilities, and describe interventions that take greater account of the complex mix of social, economic, political and cultural factors that influence their decision whether to approach formal sources of help.
A content analysis of direct payment policies within England
- Authors:
- TOBIN Roseanne, VICK Nicola
- Publisher:
- Health and Social Care Advisory Service
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 33p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Under the provisions of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act (1996) disabled people have the legal right to receive payment of community care monies and to purchase their own care based on an agreed needs-led assessment, their eligibility under the Act and their eligibility for a community care payment. Despite a growth over time in the numbers of people in receipt of direct payments, wide variations persist in the availability of direct payments support schemes and in the take up of payments across care groups. This study aims to evaluate the process of direct payment policy implementation and the impact of social care modernisation on the availability of support schemes and on ensuring equity of access for users of physical disability, learning disability, mental health, older persons’ services and their carers.
A content analysis of direct payments policies in England: an evaluation: executive summary
- Author:
- HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ADVISORY SERVICE
- Publisher:
- Health and Social Care Advisory Service
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Under the provisions of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act (1996) disabled people have the legal right to receive payment of community care monies and to purchase their own care based on an agreed needs-led assessment, their eligibility under the Act and their eligibility for a community care payment. Despite a growth over time in the numbers of people in receipt of direct payments, wide variations persist in the availability of direct payments support schemes and in the take up of payments across care groups. This study aims to evaluate the process of direct payment policy implementation and the impact of social care modernisation on the availability of support schemes and on ensuring equity of access for users of physical disability, learning disability, mental health, older persons’ services and their carers.
Developments in direct payments
- Editors:
- LEECE Janet, BORNAT Joanna, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 305p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book charts the change, critically evaluating progress, take-up, inclusion and access to direct payments by different user groups. With contributions from campaigners, academics, practitioners, direct payment users and personal assistants, the book: provides an overview of the history of direct payments; presents findings from key research into direct payments and disabled people, older people, carers, people with mental health problems, people with learning difficulties and disabled children; discusses the implementation and development of direct payments provision; compares developments in the UK with those in North America.