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End of the road for independence?
- Author:
- KESTENBAUM Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.10.99, 1999, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article examines the changing face of care for disabled people and argues that health and local authorities must work together to provide a flexible service which preserves user autonomy.
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.