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Self-serving
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.7.97, 1997, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how government backing for the right of local authorities to reassess service provision according to their resources is hitting disabled and elderly people hard, as they fear their care needs may be overlooked.
Guide to integrating community equipment services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides guidance on the integration of health authority and local authority roles in providing community equipment such as equipment for home nursing, daily living and communication. Outlines how to meet users' needs at different stages in their lives, how services are going to be integrated, how they will be funded and targets for implementation, with a list of useful contacts and resources.
Black and minority ethnic disabled people and direct payments: a conference report 21 November 2001
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, BREAKING BARRIERS
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Independent Living,|Breaking Barriers
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Since 1997 people who use, or could use social services support have had the option of receiving cash to organise their own support, instead of using "traditional" social services such as community care workers, day centres or drop-ins. Yet there are particular problems of access for minority ethnic disabled people.
Preferred option shortfall - children in need
- Author:
- HOGG Jonathan
- Journal article citation:
- Family Law, 30, February 2000, pp.114-120.
- Publisher:
- Jordan
Discusses how recent developments in community care law and the growth of law in relation to children 'in need', rather than just children who are subject to care proceedings, have significant implications for children's services. Argues that this may lead to a change in the provision of services to children, making them more on par with adult services. Looks at this trend and considers the changes, particularly in relation to housing and residential assessment placements.
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.
Responsibilities of local authority social services departments: implications of recent legal judgments
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter advising on the latest position following judgments in two judicial review cases: R v Gloucestershire County Council and the Secretary of State, ex parte Barry (the "Gloucestershire Judgment"); and R v Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, ex parte Help the Aged and Others (the "Sefton Judgment"). The first concerns local authority resources and needs assessment; the second concerns residential accommodation and assessment of users capital resources.