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Cash for care
- Author:
- SHAMASH Jack
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 04.01.06, 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
For parent with disabled children flexibility is crucial when it comes to support, and direct payments form local authorities can provide this. This article looks at some local authorities that are making the system work and some of the issues that other authorities are finding problematic.
Financial provision and direct payments 2001
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The purpose of this release is to present national figures on Scottish local authority financial provision and direct payments.
Caring about independence: disabled people and the Independent Living Fund
- Author:
- LAKEY Jane
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 214p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the positive benefits the Independent Living Fund had for disabled people, in that it gave them direct cash payments with which to purchase services. Looks at the disadvantages of community care legislation which means that responsibility for such payments has been passed to local authorities, who are not allowed to make direct cash payments.
The development of direct payments in the UK: implications for social justice
- Authors:
- RIDDELL Sheila, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 4(1), January 2005, pp.75-85.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Direct payments have been heralded by the disability movement as an important means to achieving independent living and hence greater social justice for disabled people through enhanced recognition as well as financial redistribution. Drawing on data from the ESRC funded project Disabled People and Direct Payments: A UK Comparative Perspective, this paper presents an analysis of policy and official statistics on use of direct payments across the UK. It is argued that the potential of direct payments has only partly been realised as a result of very low and uneven uptake within and between different parts of the UK. This is accounted for in part by resistance from some Labour-controlled local authorities, which regard direct payments as a threat to public sector jobs. In addition, access to direct payments has been uneven across impairment groups. However, from a very low base there has been a rapid expansion in the use of direct payments over the past three years. The extent to which direct payments are able to facilitate the ultimate goal of independent living for disabled people requires careful monitoring.
Keeping the cash under control: what's the problem with direct payments in Scotland?
- Author:
- PEARSON Charlotte
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(1), January 2004, pp.3-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Implementation of the 1996 Community Care (Direct Payments) Act from April 1997 has gradually gained momentum as more and more local authorities have begun to embrace the idea, and develop their own direct payment policies and support structures. However, whilst users have overwhelmingly welcomed this transition, there remains a stark divide between the implementation and promotion of policy in different parts of the UK. This has resulted in only marginal use of direct payments for a small number of disabled persons in Scotland. As legislation moves to widen access to direct payments in Scotland, this article draws on a series of interviews with policy makers in two local authorities and examines some of the key problems that, to date, have prevented many authorities from offering direct payments as a mainstream service option for disabled people.
A user controlled best value review of direct payments
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
All best value reviews include a requirement to consult with service users. This review demonstrated how service users can play more central role in designing and undertaking much of the review themselves. A project group of disabled people was established to review direct payments in one local authority using statutory best value framework.
Perspectives: shirking responsibility
- Author:
- ALIBHAI-BROWN Yasmin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.5.98, 1998, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues the case for caution over direct payment schemes for disabled people.
Slow on the uptake
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.5.98, 1998, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the patchy record of local authorities implementing direct payments legislation.
Direct payments in England: factors linked to variations in local provision
- Authors:
- FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 36(1), January 2007, pp.97-121.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Direct payments have moved to the heart of the government's drive for increased user choice. At the same time, implementation has remained disappointing. This article explores the demand, supply and related factors associated with patterns of local variability in uptake and intensity of care package provision. Statistical analyses are conducted for key client groups – people with physical disabilities, older people, people with learning disabilities and people who use mental health services – using data for England from 2000–01 to 2002–03. The results suggest that direct payments variability reflects a complex array of factors, both within and beyond the control of local public actors. In particular, while local policy preferences appear to shape the extent of direct payments growth, the results also demonstrate that understanding levels of activity requires attention to local circumstances.
Joint protocol between National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and Association for Directors of Social Services (ADSS) for the provision of centres of independent living (CILs) and user led support services
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CENTRES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Support should be commissioned locally towards enabling independent living and should embody the ethos of independent living. Direct payments are primarily a means to independent living. Successful use of direct payments relies on timely and high quality access to appropriate support. Issues raised by carers organisations need to be respected and addressed. At the same time, disabled people like their non-disabled peers can be heavily influenced by significant people who surround them. It is therefore vital that local authority commissioning protocols includes requesting carer led organisations to embrace and promote concepts such as independent living, the social model of disability and the self-determination of disabled people.