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The cost of caring
- Author:
- KING Chidi
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 33, 9.4.03, 2003, pp.37-39.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the problems that exist for parents needing to access state funding to support caring for a disabled child.
It's in the definition
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.3.03, 2003, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In 1999, an Appeal Court case ruling in the Coughlan suggested that continuing care for older and disabled people should in many cases, be paid for by the NHS. Looks at how, four years later, the confusion continues.
Individualised support and funding: building blocks for capacity building and inclusion
- Authors:
- LORD John, HUTCHISON Peggy
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(1), January 2003, pp.71-86.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The paradigm in disability supports is shifting away from institutional services and professional control towards self-determination and community involvement of people with disabilities. The assumption that the best way to provide disability supports is for government to give money to agencies or services, rather than directly to people with disabilities and their support networks, is being challenged. This article reports on findings and themes from a Canadian study that investigated individualised funding projects from different parts of the world. Ten of fifteen of the most 'promising initiatives' were selected for more detailed study and analysis. Projects analysed were from Canada, the US, and Australia. Themes emerging from the study included the fact that values and principles mattered, a policy framework provided coherence and equity, infrastructure supports for individuals were separate from service system, the facilitator-broker role differed from case management, allocation of individualised funds was designed to be equitable and account able to the funder and person, and a 'learn as you go' philosophy maximised positive outcomes.
Cognitive impairment in older people: its implications for future demand for services and costs
- Authors:
- COMAS-HERRERA Adelina, et al
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
New research shows that unless more effective treatments are developed for Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive impairment, there will be a substantial rise in the demand for long-term care services. The research also concludes that if treatments developed were to reduce the percentage of older people with severe cognitive impairment by only 1% per year, this would broadly offset the increasing long-term care costs due to rising numbers of older people. Researchers compared figures for 1998 with their projected figures for the year 2031, under a range of assumptions about future mortality and prevalence rates and future patterns of care. The study shows that the number of people with cognitive impairment in England is likely to rise by 66% from 461,000 to 765,000 between 1998 and 2031, faster than the number of people with physical disability only. The report implies that demand for long-term care will rise at a faster rate among those with cognitive impairment than projections based on the overall demand for long-term care would suggest.
Ombudsman section
- Author:
- KIRKHAM Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 25(3), 2003, pp.267-275.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Provides a recent example of the ability of the Health Service Ombudsmen to improve and add to not only the provision of redress for individual citizens, but also the accountability and effectiveness of administrative governance in the UK.
Ready, willing and disabled
- Authors:
- DAONE Liz, SCOTT Ruth
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Despite the many government schemes aimed at helping disabled people into employment, disabled people are still five times more likely than non-disabled people to be out of work and claiming benefits. The survey aimed to find out how employers and employees really feel about employing and working with disabled people and to see whether people’s attitudes and opinions are influenced by common stereotypes and generalisations about disabled people and their abilities. The survey asked about the recruitment process, the accessibility of business premises, health and safety regulations, the financial implications of employing a disabled person, people’s knowledge of disability issues, the attitudes of staff and customers towards disabled employees and people’s perceptions of disabled people at work.
NHS funding for long term care: second report session 2002-2003
- Author:
- HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 57p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document contains the results of four investigations into complaints about the way in which health authorities set and applied their eligibility criteria for NHS funding for the continuing care of older and disabled people. The report recommends a review of the national guidance on eligibility for continuing NHS healthcare, making it much clearer in new guidance the situations when the NHS must provide funding and those where it is left to the discretion of NHS bodies locally. This guidance may need to include detailed definitions of terms used and case examples of patterns of need likely to mean NHS funding should be provided.
Is early intervention for psychosis a waste of valuable resources?
- Authors:
- PELOSI Anthony, BIRCHWOOD Max
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 182(3), March 2003, pp.196-198.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The concept of early intervention for psychosis has received much attention in recent years. The rationale for early intervention is that there is a higher success rate if psychotic symptoms are treated early than if they are treated after they have been present for some time. It is also claimed that interventions early in the course of the illness can decrease the psychosocial impact of a psychotic illness that leads to secondary disability. But have these assertions been empirically demonstrated? Do such services simply take valuable resources, both in terms of funding and staff, from an already-overstretched mental health system, or do they change the trajectory of the disease process in a fundamental way?
Budget cuts deflate enthusiasm for new supported housing scheme
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.3.03, 2003, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how local councils are now being asked to cut costs in Supporting People projects, despite government guarantees that funding would be met in full.
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.