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The empowerment of money
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(3), March 1996, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Direct payments are an idea whose time has come, the House of Lords was told during the second reading of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Bill. This article describe the Bill's proposals, examines some of the problems, and reports on the call that all disabled people should have the right to receive direct payments. Also highlights key quotes from the Lords debate.
Cash and care in the community
- Author:
- FITCH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Benefits, 14, September 1995, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Discusses the controversy over the suggestion that the assessment tasks concerned with disability benefits provision and the provision of care services should be combined.
Helping you meet the costs of learning: funding for disabled students 2006-2007
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This Guide gives an overview of the funding available from August 2006 for disabled learners and is a useful guide to practitioners giving advice to others. This booklet uses the term 'disabled learners' to refer to learners with a wide range of impairments, such as those who have sensory impairments, physical impairments, mental health difficulties, dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorders, epilepsy, diabetes, etc.This booklet provides information about the different types of financial support that is available to disabled learners, including general financial support and funding specifically available for disabled people. It also summarises information about getting welfare benefits as a disabled student.
Bottom of the list
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.3.97, 1997, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payments for disabled people were widely welcomed as a progressive measure. Asks then, why some local authorities are being slow to implement them.
Taking charge
- Authors:
- MUNDAY Suzanne, SOFIO Maureen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.8.96, 1996, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors argue that the Independent Living Fund is failing to assist the people it was set up to help.
Flexible choices
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As government considers its options on funding services for disabled people, a survey commissioned by the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People reveals overwhelming support within social services for giving people the cash to buy their own care.
The Litmus test
- Author:
- MASON Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 11.6.92, 1992, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
In the run up to the care in the community reforms, people with disabilities are demanding autonomy - and this includes their own homes and direct payments. Argues that if the government's commitment to independent living is to be taken seriously it must listen, and act.
The impact of charging policy on the lives of disabled people: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Recent community care legislation and alterations to local authority funding arrangements have resulted in major to local authority charges for domiciliary care services. A new qualitative study by the authors of Social and Community Planning Research and The Disability Alliance examines disabled people's experiences of new and increased charges for local authority non-residential care. It looks at the choices that users make in the context of these changes and points to ways in which charging policy and practice might be improved.