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Where's the benefit?
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Andy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.7.97, 1997, p.33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Registered homes legislation has had the unintended effect of barring access to benefits for disabled adults living in domestic settings under adult placement schemes. Explains the problem.
Independent lives?: community care and disabled people
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 199p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on in-depth interviews with disabled people to explore the experience of receiving help with daily living activities. Covers: the development of community care policies and their application to disabled people; the ideas of the independent living movement; the debate on informal care; the experience of residential care, of being dependent on a partner or relatives for assistance and the experience of statutory services. Calls for policy-makers and professionals to recognise the civil and human rights of disabled people.
Social exclusion of people with marked communication impairment following stroke
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Aphasia is a communication impairment that commonly follows stroke. It affects people's ability to talk, understand, read and write. Some are so profoundly affected that any form of communication is minimal. Aphasia seems poorly understood and relatively unrecognised, perhaps because it is invisible; people with aphasia describe being overlooked. The experience of those with profound communication difficulties has never been documented before, partly because of methodological difficulties. People with severe aphasia had little access to employment, educational, training or leisure opportunities. Many were long-term recipients of a wide range of statutory and voluntary care services. Health, social and residential care workers did not have training or information about aphasia, and did not know how to support fragile communication. Health and social care services often failed to address important issues, such as employment, or financial concerns, and there was little connection and communication between the various agencies. People with severe aphasia were often excluded from the benefits of health, social care, residential and nursing services because information and instructions were inaccessible, activities inappropriate or unachievable, and there was continuous communication breakdown in interactions. For these people, services became 'hard to reach'. Service providers, family and friends may have unintentionally excluded people with severe aphasia by using idiosyncratic, unmonitored communication strategies. People with aphasia were talked about, patronised, teased and given orders. Particularly in residential and nursing care settings, people with severe aphasia were in danger of losing their identity as staff often knew very little about them and didn't know how to find out. Maintaining friendships and social contacts was difficult for people living with severe aphasia, resulting in isolation and boredom. Relatives described experiencing similar restrictions. People with severe aphasia mostly exercised little choice and control in their day-to-day lives. The researchers conclude that social exclusion is a common, though not inevitable, experience for people with aphasia.Training and support for communication are urgently needed for carers and service providers.
Breaking point: a report on caring without a break for children and adults with severe or profound learning disabilities
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research has shown that carers experience increased stress, ill health and depression compared to other members of the population. Giving families a short break is a crucial way of helping them to go on caring. Short breaks not only support carers, but also provide good opportunities for disabled children and adults to have a break from being cared for by the same person all the time. They can experience new opportunities such as leisure activities. The better the break for the disabled child or adult, the greater the benefit for the carer, who knows the person they care for is being well looked after. There are lots of ways to give families short breaks from their caring role, from someone coming in to the family home and helping out, to the child or adult spending time away from home, perhaps with a foster family or in a residential setting.
Breaking point: a report on caring without a break for children and adults with severe or profound learning disabilities; accessible version
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research has shown that carers experience increased stress, ill health and depression compared to other members of the population. Giving families a short break is a crucial way of helping them to go on caring. Short breaks not only support carers, but also provide good opportunities for disabled children and adults to have a break from being cared for by the same person all the time. They can experience new opportunities such as leisure activities. The better the break for the disabled child or adult, the greater the benefit for the carer, who knows the person they care for is being well looked after. There are lots of ways to give families short breaks from their caring role, from someone coming in to the family home and helping out, to the child or adult spending time away from home, perhaps with a foster family or in a residential setting.
A watchful eye
- Author:
- WHITE Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.7.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines how police in Hastings have pioneered a Registered Homes Watch scheme which extends the vetting and checking procedures for staff in children's homes and those working with elderly and disabled people.
Welfare rights: claimants' hospital stays may lead to benefit cuts
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.7.98, 1998, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many disabled people living in the community require regular short stays in hospital, otherwise they would have to live in residential care. However, a recent change in law is putting their social security benefits at risk.
Community care statistics 2008-09: social services activity report, England
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report collates data on the social care activity of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England. Information is drawn from two sources, the Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) and the new Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR). This report is new for 2008-09 and replaces a number of reports based on separate data collections that were published previously. The data is reported under the following headings: access to care; packages of care; community based services; residential care; and carers. An estimated 2.04 million contacts from new clients were made to CASSRs in England in 2008-09, down 1% from the previous year. There were an estimated 1.78 million clients receiving services, a slight increase from 2007-08. Overall 1.54 million clients were receiving home care of various kinds. Most services were received by clients with physical disabilities, frailty or sensory impairment (72%) the remaining 18% had mental heath problems; 86,000 adults aged over 18 received direct payments. Since 2003 there has been a steady decline in the number of residents supported in care homes; 229,000 in 2008-09. During the year 398,000 carers received a carer’s assessment or review.
Paying for care handbook
- Authors:
- WINFIELD Helen, VAUX Gary
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 463p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 6th ed.
A comprehensive, fully referenced, practical guide to social security and social services law and practice for adults needing care in England, Wales and Scotland. It includes coverage of services, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults, and their carers, needing care at home or in supported housing; how charges are means-tested, administered and enforced; the duties of social services and health authorities; challenging decisions, enforcing rights and common problems. This updated edition also includes information on individual budgets and purchasing your own care.
Scottish community care statistics 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 103p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.