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The reach of disability benefits: an examination of the disability living allowance
- Authors:
- DALY Michael, NOBLE Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 18(1), 1996, pp.37-51.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Key objectives in the 1992 reform of disability benefits were improvements to the scope of benefits and better targeting of funds to those most in need. Questions the success of the disability living allowance (DLA) in achieving these aims.
Benefit fails mentally ill people
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.9.96, 1996, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the Disability Living Allowance is failing people with mental illnesses by focusing on people with physical disabilities.
Facilitating and supporting independent living: a guide to setting up a Personal Assistance Support Scheme
- Authors:
- SIMPSON Fidelity, CAMPBELL Jane
- Publisher:
- Disablement Income Group
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook aimed at anyone wanting to set up a personal assistance support (PAS) scheme for disabled people who are managing their own personal assistance arrangements with the use of cash payments from local authorities.
Helping disabled workers: disability working allowance and supported employment; a report of research carried out by the Policy Studies Institute on behalf of the Department of Social Security
- Authors:
- ZARB Gerry, JACKSON Nigel, TAYLOR Phil
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 122p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on the findings of a research study examining whether there are eligible non-recipients or potential recipients of the Disabilities Workers Allowance (DWA) in supported employment, and how these people can be encouraged to claim DWA.
An October revelation?
- Author:
- MEREDITH Jenni
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 42, Summer 1996, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
From October, Unemployment and Income Support Benefits will combine to become Job Seekers Allowance. Discusses how some new rules will be brought into play which may affect some people with disabilities.
Personal assistance support schemes and the introduction of direct payments: a report and recommendations
- Author:
- DISABLEMENT INCOME GROUP
- Publisher:
- Disablement Income Group
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 15p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking at the development of personal assistance schemes (PAS) for disabled people. Goes on to examine issues around direct payments via which service users are given cash payments by local authorities to pay directly for their own services.
Class and disability: influences on learning expectations
- Author:
- PREECE Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 11(2), 1996, pp.191-204.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes some findings from in-depth interviews with adults with disabilities, most of whom had strong working class connections. It places the findings in the context of feminist post-structuralist theory. Whilst the research is not directly to do with gender relationships, the theoretical framework highlights notions of difference, cultural value and meaning which play a significant role in the power relationships between dominant and subordinated groups.
Handbook of aging and the social sciences
- Editors:
- BINSTOCK Robert H., GEORGE Linda K., et al
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 552p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- San Diego, CA
Contains sections on: research directions and unresolved issues in ageing and the social sciences; the state of theory in ageing and the social sciences; ageing and human development; economic and social implications of demographic patterns; disability trends; age, ageing and culture; historical perspective on ageing; race, ethnicity and ageing; gender age and the life course; social factors and illness; families and ageing; caregiving and social support; housing; work and retirement; the political economy of ageing; ageing and politics; the financing and health care of older Americans; social protection and services; ageing and the law; and ethics and ageing.