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'Community Care' - reinforcing the dependency of disabled people
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Applied Community Studies, 1(3), 1992, pp.21-29.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
By considering the ideological basis of a range of welfare policies from the Poor Law to the NHS and Community Care Act, identifies how those policies have helped to created dependency and in doing so, to oppress disabled people. The central argument is that the current community care policies share an ideology with the Poor Law and the National Assistance Act. As such it is unlikely to bring about a less oppressive model of welfare as far as disabled people are concerned. Some alternatives that have been proposed by disabled people are discussed, and considers the support received in recent years from some feminist social policy writers. Proposals for change at both structural and institutional levels are drawn from the experience of the USA. Questions whether such alternatives would be feasible in Britain, and more pertinently, questions the effect of implementing community care policies without a fundamental rethinking of their ideological bases.
At last, support without the stigma
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, December 1997, p.7.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Explains why social workers should actively support direct payments.
Ramps and civil rights
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.5-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews the literature on housing and disability from a civil rights perspective. Presents strong evidence that housing cannot be ignored by social workers if they are to be effective in the provision of genuine community care. It argues for an increased involvement of social workers in this field as they have the skills that could benefit disabled people and because of the evidence that if it is left to occupational therapists and district council officials, there will be a disregard of the 'civil rights' perspective. Finally, suggests specific ways in which social workers could work effectively with disabled people to enable them to live independently.