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Independent means
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 24.9.92, 1992, p.14.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Considers whether the ADSS will support the campaign for direct payments to people with disabilities.
Our way or no way
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.7.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payment schemes can make a positive contribution to care, but what happens when the service user disagrees with the practitioner about how funds should be used? The author talks to a social workers about a case in which the user and her husband had strong views about the type of care they wanted.
Paying direct
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With increasing speculation that the government may be reversing its previous opposition to direct payments to disabled people, considers the role of the Independent Living Fund and its successor, the Independent Living (Extension) Fund in meeting the needs of severely disabled people.
Access all areas
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Guide, 9, December 2001, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the key legislative and policy changes for people with disabilities over the last few years.
Cash on the nail
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.10.96, 1996, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how at last, after years of campaigning, disabled people are entitled to cash payments rather than services. But some local authorities, often co-campaigners in that fight, now fear the arrangement could backfire.