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Who's taking the lead in Europe?
- Author:
- HALDANE Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Disability Issues, 16, April 1994, pp.14-15.
Looks at European Union (EU) funding programmes such as HELIOS and how far they favour projects which involve disabled people in developing policies.
Cash and care in the community
- Author:
- FITCH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Benefits, 14, September 1995, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Discusses the controversy over the suggestion that the assessment tasks concerned with disability benefits provision and the provision of care services should be combined.
The imbalance of power
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 169, November 2002, p.14.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Describes research into the involvement of disabled women in local regeneration work in London.
Bottom of the list
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.3.97, 1997, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payments for disabled people were widely welcomed as a progressive measure. Asks then, why some local authorities are being slow to implement them.
Will direct funding mean genuine empowerment - or a candyfloss charade?
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(4), April 1996, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author warns that terms like direct funding and brokerage could be used to hide new forms of professional colonialism. Or the direct funding system could be a great success story leading to genuine and radical transfer of power. Asks which it is to be.
State of independence
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payments give disabled people the power to buy the care they need. But some now owe massive sums to the Inland Revenue because no one told them how to be good employers, writes the author.
The development of quasi-vouchers in Australia's community services
- Author:
- LYONS Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 23(2), April 1995, pp.127-139.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Traces the development within Australia's community services of a method of government support for some of these services which is best described as a quasi-voucher. The essential difference between quasi-vouchers and more conventional methods of support such as grants and contracts is the support such as focused on the consumer of services, not the provider. After a discussion of vouchers as a particular set of tools for government action, the development of such tools is described in four programmes: child care, nursing home care, disability services and home care.
National neglect
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.12.94, 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care funding is reaching crisis point and the cash shortfall has led to service cutbacks to elderly and disabled people. Lancashire and Gloucestershire have been particularly hit hard. Investigates how users are demonstrating against the drastic squeeze on their services.
The Litmus test
- Author:
- MASON Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 11.6.92, 1992, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
In the run up to the care in the community reforms, people with disabilities are demanding autonomy - and this includes their own homes and direct payments. Argues that if the government's commitment to independent living is to be taken seriously it must listen, and act.
Projections of demand for social care and disability benefits for younger adults in England: report of research conducted for the Commission on Funding of Care and Support
- Authors:
- SNELL Tom, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Using an adapted version of a projections model for younger adults developed by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), this paper provides projections of demand and future public expenditure for social care and disability benefits for younger adults (aged 18 to 64) in England to 2030. Projections are broken down in the categories of: people with learning disabilities; people with physical or sensory impairments; other groups (such as people with mental health problems) combined. The paper describes the various data used in the modelling; presents a set of base case assumptions: presents the projections obtained using those assumptions: and investigates the sensitivity of the projections to changes in those assumptions. A final section sets out some conclusions.