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On the rampage
- Author:
- WHITFIELD Lyn
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 19.8.99, 1999, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Access for disabled people is rapidly climbing the agenda for the NHS as implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act draws near. Discusses what needs to be done, and what it will cost.
Juggling to keep within the law?
- Author:
- HALFORD John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(1), July 1999, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Under increasing financial pressure, many local authorities have cut services for disabled people living in the community, increased charges for those services, or both. The author considers whether such strategies are lawful.
Care, courts and costs
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.3.99, 1999, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks whether the courts would force local authorities to provide care for elderly and disabled people irrespective of the cost, or should they support the councils' plea of a lack of funds.
Selecting personal care assistance: what you need to know
- Authors:
- RUCKER Lyn, NIELD Gary
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Practical guide for people with disabilities, outlining how to select a personal assistant. Contains information on: direct payments; independent living funds; access to work; needs and preferences; personal assistance profile; recruiting and assistant; selecting an assistant (including application forms, screening, and interviewing); and hiring and the first day.
Waving not drowning: a guide for parents trying to combine paid work and caring for disabled children
- Authors:
- LITVINOFF Sarah, MEARNS Janet, MONK Sue
- Publisher:
- Parents at Work
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 136p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The waving not drowning project has established a network for parents of disabled children focusing on issues around combining paid work and parenting. Research has shown that both parents and their disabled children can benefit emotionally and psychologically when the parents work. This book provides practical information and advice to help overcome the barriers to entering or remaining in paid work for parents who have disabled children. Contents include: getting into work, training or education; you and your job; childcare; you and your finances; social services, health and education; finding support and making changes; case studies.
Cognitive disability and direct care costs for elderly people
- Authors:
- KAVANAGH Shane, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 174(6), June 1999, pp.539-546.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Population ageing and the high costs of care support for elderly people have concentrated attention on economic issues. Examines whether there is an association between costs and cognitive disability by comparing service utilisation and direct costs for elderly people with different degrees of cognitive disability, and between people living in households and in communal establishments. Discusses how population ageing is closely associated with higher utilisation of health and social care services, and how new treatment or service arrangements provoke debate about their cost implications. The study aims to provide 'benchmark' information to inform debates about the potential costs of various treatment and service charges.
Time to pass the buck
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.3.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's disability awareness campaign, See the Person, comes at the same time as disabled people face benefit cuts. Examines Labour's fine words and tightening purse strings.
Disability and dependency: origins and futures of 'special needs' housing for disabled people
- Authors:
- STEWART John, HARRIS Jennifer, SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(1), January 1999, pp.5-20.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Analyses the provision of housing for disabled people in both its historical and ideological contexts. While the recent extension of part M of the Building Regulations to dwellings by the government represents significant advance towards the inclusion of disabled people, the authors argue that the shift in funding of public housing from a 'bricks and mortar' subsidy to Housing Benefit potentially creates greater dependency. It is argued that if this issue is not addressed disabled people will continue to remain excluded, albeit within accessible dwellings.
Who cares: an overview of the Dutch systems of health care and welfare
- Authors:
- EWIJK Hans van, KELDER Tessa
- Publisher:
- Netherlands Institute of Care and Welfare
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 79p.,list of orgs.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
Includes chapters on: general information about the Netherlands; care and welfare; health care and public health; and social issues, financing structure and trends.
What price independence: independent living and people with high support needs
- Author:
- KESTENBAUM Ann
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 68p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report on the situation of disabled people with high support needs, defined, for the purposes of the study, in terms of the costs of community care packages costing more than four hundred pounds a week. Focuses on: high cost packages of care and rationing; budget constraints; assistance with personal care; assistance with health care; and independent living.