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Equipment failure
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.8.02, 2002, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a recent report by the Audit Commission, 'Fully Equipped 2002', which found that service users face long delays for equipment of often poor quality, while many are excluded due to stringent eligibility criteria.
A little help
- Author:
- DELARGY Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Roof, March 2003, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Shelter
Looks at the new Supporting People policy, and the implications of the new funding structure for service delivery for the most vulnerable.
Funding adaptations: the need to cooperate
- Authors:
- HEYWOOD Frances, SMART Gavin
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 201p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Presents an in depth picture of how aids and adaptations for disabled people are funded in England and Wales. Brings together information from a wide range of funders. Makes recommendations for legislation, policy clarification, training, research and resources.
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.