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Claims that fail to stand up
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.02.06, 2006, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The green paper on welfare reform will have implications for people claiming benefits because of sickness and disability. This article looks at whether the proposals really will help people back into work.
SCIE research briefing 13: helping parents with a physical or sensory impairment in their role as parents
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
SCIE research briefings summarise the knowledge base in a particular area and act as signpost to more in-depth material. The topic of this briefing is parents with physical or sensory impairments and ways of addressing any perceived barriers to their parenting. This briefing does not consider any supposed impact of a parent’s disability on their children, but only describes some of the specialist requirements of parents with physical or sensory impairments. The briefing is divided into sections: what does the research show; organisational knowledge; policy community knowledge; practitioner knowledge; research knowledge; user and carer knowledge; and useful links.
Neither seen nor heard: children and homecare policy in Canada
- Authors:
- PETER Elizabeth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 64(8), April 2007, pp.1624-1635.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Changes in public policy have led to increasing numbers of children with disabilities and complex medical needs being cared for in the homes of Canadians. Little work, however, has explored the ethical implications of these policies. This paper focuses on some of the shortcomings of current policy and describes a developing method for policy analysis with an explicit focus on ethics that could be adopted in other nations. Three forms of analyses—descriptive, conceptual and normative—conducted on Canadian homecare policy documents describe various dimensions of Canadian homecare policy. The descriptive analysis demonstrated that the jurisdiction of homecare services is dispersed across numerous programs and ministries with no single structure for policy implementation and accountability. The needs of children and youth are rarely mentioned in home healthcare policies, but instead are addressed under broader social policies that are focused upon children and family. The conceptual analysis revealed four over-arching themes that represent the predominant elements of a value-structure that underlie homecare policy. They include: (1) home and community care as ideal; (2) the importance of independence and self-care of citizens; (3) family as primary care provider; and (4) citizenship as entitlement to rights and justice. Overall, these themes tend to reflect a neoliberal ideology that shifts the responsibility of care from the state to the individual and his/her family. A normative framework based on critical healthcare ethics is used in the paper to make recommendations to redress the current imbalance between state and family support. For example, including homecare services within the Canada Health Act (CHA) or the development of separate legislation consistent with the principles of the CHA would make it possible to ensure that the principles of universality, accessibility, portability and public administration, as opposed to principles that reinforce competitive individualism, direct the provision of homecare services in Canada.
Compulsive disorder
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.02.07, 2007, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Welfare Reform Bill heralds major changes to incapacity benefits in 2008. Eligibility will be tightened and sanctions extended. Welfare rights organisations and others are concerned about the impact on people with a disability or long-term health problem.
Does 'welfare-to-work' work? A systematic review of the effectiveness of the UK's welfare-to-work programmes for people with a disability or chronic illness
- Authors:
- BAMBRA Clare, WHITEHEAD Margaret, HAMILTON Val
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 60(9), May 2005, pp.1905-1918.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Welfare-to-work programmes promoting employment of people with a disability or chronic illness are an expanding aspect of welfare reform in the UK. This paper presents a systematic review of the evidence of the impact of UK policy initiatives on employment outcomes Both quantitative and qualitative studies were identified: 5,399 abstracts were located, from which 16 studies were critically appraised. Overall, each of the five main welfare-to-work strategies operating in the 1990s helped people with disabilities into work, who were previously on benefits. The proportion of participants gaining employment after involvement ranged from 11% to 50%, dependent on characteristics of participants, such as ‘job-readiness’, as well as wider labour market context. As most studies were uncontrolled, it was difficult to determine if the improved employment chances were due to the effectiveness of the welfare-to-work interventions themselves or to external factors. Wider impact, such as uptake of schemes as a proportion of the total target population, was weak. The qualitative components identified barriers and facilitators concerned with effective implementation, to aid design of future initiatives.
Reviewing the evidence: reflections from experience
- Author:
- BAMBRA Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Evidence and Policy, 1(2), May 2005, pp.243-255.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Evidence-based policy (EBP), along with the 'systematic review', has recently emerged as a prominent strand within social science and public policy research. A number of articles have heralded this emergence but the vast majority are theoretical and concerned with how EBP research could be practised. This article reflects on the author's experiences of identifying and reviewing evidence on the effectiveness of labour market interventions aimed at people with a disability or a chronic illness, to demonstrate some of the methodological challenges and practical problems that arise from the actual conduct of EBP research.