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Paying direct
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With increasing speculation that the government may be reversing its previous opposition to direct payments to disabled people, considers the role of the Independent Living Fund and its successor, the Independent Living (Extension) Fund in meeting the needs of severely disabled people.
Self-directed services: direct payments and personal assistance schemes
- Author:
- ELSEGOOD Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(1), 1994, pp.17-19.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Reviews the experiences of the Greenwich Association of Disabled People in setting up and running a personal assistance scheme designed to maximise disabled people's control over their own lives in the emerging new welfare arrangements.
Putting the cash upfront
- Author:
- TAYLOR Roy
- Journal article citation:
- ADSS News, 4(8), November 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
It is over two years since the ADSS unanimously supported the policy of direct payments to disabled people. Looks at developments in policy and practice which have sought to change the law and to empower disabled people through indirect schemes.
Flexible choices
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As government considers its options on funding services for disabled people, a survey commissioned by the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People reveals overwhelming support within social services for giving people the cash to buy their own care.