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'Community Care' - reinforcing the dependency of disabled people
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Applied Community Studies, 1(3), 1992, pp.21-29.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
By considering the ideological basis of a range of welfare policies from the Poor Law to the NHS and Community Care Act, identifies how those policies have helped to created dependency and in doing so, to oppress disabled people. The central argument is that the current community care policies share an ideology with the Poor Law and the National Assistance Act. As such it is unlikely to bring about a less oppressive model of welfare as far as disabled people are concerned. Some alternatives that have been proposed by disabled people are discussed, and considers the support received in recent years from some feminist social policy writers. Proposals for change at both structural and institutional levels are drawn from the experience of the USA. Questions whether such alternatives would be feasible in Britain, and more pertinently, questions the effect of implementing community care policies without a fundamental rethinking of their ideological bases.
Disabling homes: a study of the housing needs of disabled people in Cornwall
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(1), 1995, pp.71-85.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The study was an evaluation of housing need of disabled people who were wheelchair users through a process of consumer consultation. It was concerned to find out the extent and nature of that need whilst also testing out consultation through the use of research methods in comparison with a non-consultative approach taken by the local authorities. The nature of need was found to be qualitatively different to that found through the study of normative needs. A significant number of disabled people were being made more dependent by their housing and this was being reinforced by the agencies that were intended to help them. In particular, the failure to consult disabled people was leading the local authorities to make inappropriate plans for new build housing while the major need for adaptations was being undermined by their operation of the Disabled Facilities Grant. The findings support the call from other writers that the solutions to housing problems will only come through viewing disability as a civil rights issue.
Ramps and civil rights
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.5-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews the literature on housing and disability from a civil rights perspective. Presents strong evidence that housing cannot be ignored by social workers if they are to be effective in the provision of genuine community care. It argues for an increased involvement of social workers in this field as they have the skills that could benefit disabled people and because of the evidence that if it is left to occupational therapists and district council officials, there will be a disregard of the 'civil rights' perspective. Finally, suggests specific ways in which social workers could work effectively with disabled people to enable them to live independently.