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The European Union and older people with disability
- Author:
- EUROLINK AGE
- Publisher:
- Eurolink Age
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 19p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short booklet setting out what the European Union is doing for older, disabled people. Explains how individuals and organisations acting on their behalf can take advantage of opportunities which exist. Includes comprehensive list of organisations.
From self-help to charity in disability service: the Jairos Jiri Association in Zimbabwe
- Author:
- DEVLIEGER Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(1), 1995, pp.39-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In today's Zimbabwe, an extended network of institutions which serve persons with disabilities are legacy of Jairos Jiri, one of the greatest African philanthropists. Stated as a personal initiative to help Africans with disabilities, it became part of a large self-help movement in colonial Rhodesia. This movement was characterized by the idea to establish independent African-controlled schools and black-run business ventures in an effort to uplift Africans. Jiri's activities started as early as 1945 but gained momentum in the early 1950s with the establishment of a leather shop followed by institutional expansion all over the country. The period 1950-60 is characterized by Jairos Jiri's effort to build African consciousness and the solicitation of financial support for Africans with disabilities. In this process, the financial contributions from non-Africans and from overseas, institutional expansion, and the idea in the 1960 that politician control would uplift Africans overshadowed Jiri's self-help philosophy. In the 1980s and 1990s, disability advocates portrayed the Association in terms of charity rather than self-help thus underestimating the liberating Jairos Jiri played prior to independence. This article challenges the assumption that the Jairos Jiri Association is merely an institutional effort, devoid of the liberating philosophy of the disability movement.
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.
Commissioning independent living: a guide to developing personal assistance schemes and support services
- Author:
- D'ABOVILLE Etienne
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 39p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report providing a guide to the different stages of setting up Independent Living Schemes with appropriate back-up and support. Includes models of different schemes and a strategy for commissioning, financing, costing and evaluating schemes. Offers practical help for commissioners to establish effective purchasing arrangements.
The legal relevance of resources - or a lack of resources - in community
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 17(2), 1995, pp.179-198.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Considers the likely approach of the courts to community care litigation in which the availability of resources in an issue. It explores the way in which the forum chosen for the dispute - private or public law - might inform this approach, and examines existing case law from the general welfare law field which has largely skirted around the issue of rationing and resource allocation. Article focuses on the difference between duty and discretion, particularly in the context of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and the potential significance of the distinction, so far as an authority's lack of resources is concerned. The writer concludes, first, that a shortage of resources is a factor which is lawful to take into account in the exercise of most welfare functions under this Act and other statutory duty in this field. Most controversially, perhaps, it is contended that s.2 of the 1970 Act does not give rise to an automatic, nor an absolute, duty to meet needs within the Act, even after a local authority has accepted that an individual for whom it is responsible has needs coming within the authority's definition of what constitutes 'need'.
How costly is it to care for disabled elders in a community setting?
- Authors:
- HARROW Brooke S., TENNSTEDT Sharon L., McKINLAY John B.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(6), December 1995, pp.803-813.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the total cost of care, including both informal caregiving and formal services for a cohort of disabled elderly living in the community in the USA. Increased disability was associated with increased costs. High-cost elders were more likely to be severely disabled, live with their caregiver, and become institutionalised. For most elders, even the cost of a complete substitution of informal care for formal services, plus living expenses, was less costly than nursing home care.
The development of quasi-vouchers in Australia's community services
- Author:
- LYONS Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 23(2), April 1995, pp.127-139.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Traces the development within Australia's community services of a method of government support for some of these services which is best described as a quasi-voucher. The essential difference between quasi-vouchers and more conventional methods of support such as grants and contracts is the support such as focused on the consumer of services, not the provider. After a discussion of vouchers as a particular set of tools for government action, the development of such tools is described in four programmes: child care, nursing home care, disability services and home care.
Personal touch
- Author:
- BAIRD Sheena
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.3.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Extending self-determination to people with learning difficulties is not very easy. Discovers some innovative solutions and parallels between pilot projects in Canada and Grampian.
Charged to survive
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.1.95, 1995, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled people and older people are increasingly having to face hefty charges for using local authority services. Looks ant how user and carer groups are fighting back.
Local authorities' use of independent living money: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
When the original Independent Living Foundation (ILF) closed, the Government made additional money available to local authorities with their transitional community care grants. The Disablement Income Group has conducted a UK-wide investigation of how that additional money has been used and what change in disability policies and practices it has promoted.