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The Icarus effect
- Author:
- HUDSON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 18.11.93, 1993, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The Independent Living Fund put power in the hands of the consumer, but fell victim to its own success when horrified ministers looked at the cost. Argues that its abolition has been a major setback for disabled people - instead of direct payments enabling them to purchase assistance, new applicants will be reliant on having their needs met by local authority services, a reaffirmation of the dominance of professional choice over the ability of disabled people to choose how their needs should be met.
Squaring the circle: user and carer participation
- Author:
- ELLIS Kathryn
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report exploring the underlying values and attitudes of professionals involved in assessment alongside views and experiences of disabled people and their carers.
Research amongst disabled people and carers
- Author:
- WINGED FELLOWSHIP TRUST
- Publisher:
- Winged Fellowship Trust
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the effects of care in the community on disabled people and their carers, focusing on funding for respite breaks, and the effects of funding refusal or delay.
Balancing work and caregiving for children, adults, and elders
- Authors:
- NEAL Margaret B., et al
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 314p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Research study exploring how employees who are also carers juggle the responsibilities of work and family. Looks at the research into employees who have children, who care for adults with disabilities, who care for older people, and who have multiple care giving roles. Goes on to examine policies, benefits, and services in the workplace. Concludes with an overview of the implications of the study and makes recommendations.
New directions in community care: a Labour Party discussion document
- Author:
- HINCHLIFFE David
- Publisher:
- Labour Party
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Document which aims to identify and encourage the development and expansion of new models of care which offer greater choice and wider opportunities for people who wish to remain in independent or semi-independent living.
Do public services influence patterns of informal care? Informal networks and public home care in three Swedish municipalities
- Authors:
- JOHANSSON S., HLFEDLT J.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 2(2), April 1993, pp.69-79.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Whether an individual receives home care services depends on two factors: the functional disability of the care recipient and the caregiver's gender, when the living arrangements of the care recipient are controlled. Report the data from a longitudinal study of social networks and home care organization in three municipalities in Sweden. The results provoke a discussion on research design as well as comments on welfare policy and gender equality in the transformation of the welfare state.
Asian and disabled: a study into the needs of Asian people with disabilities in the Bradford area
- Authors:
- ABBAS G., SHIRAZ S., KHAN I
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's/Spastics Society
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 40p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Wakefield
Building and evaluating family support initiatives: a national study of programs for persons with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- DUNST Carl J., et al
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 288p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Details the results of a study in the United States which looked at federal and local policies and practices for the families of people with disabilities and goes on to discuss issues arising from the survey. These include: how individual organisations are working towards improving family support services; factors that affect the success or failure of services; probable outcomes of existing programmes and initiatives; United States public laws that are concerned with the family; criteria for judging the effectiveness of programmes; and determining which practices to implement in a community.
Focus day: services for people with a physical disability; held on 6 July 1992 at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth
- Author:
- PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- University of Portsmouth. School of Social and Historical Studies. Social Servic
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- Portsmouth
A day of workshops which involved users, carers and service providers. Designed as a practical exercise to obtain the views of users about services.
Independent lives?: community care and disabled people
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 199p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on in-depth interviews with disabled people to explore the experience of receiving help with daily living activities. Covers: the development of community care policies and their application to disabled people; the ideas of the independent living movement; the debate on informal care; the experience of residential care, of being dependent on a partner or relatives for assistance and the experience of statutory services. Calls for policy-makers and professionals to recognise the civil and human rights of disabled people.