Direct payment schemes can make a positive contribution to care, but what happens when the service user disagrees with the practitioner about how funds should be used? The author talks to a social workers about a case in which the user and her husband had strong views about the type of care they wanted.
Direct payment schemes can make a positive contribution to care, but what happens when the service user disagrees with the practitioner about how funds should be used? The author talks to a social workers about a case in which the user and her husband had strong views about the type of care they wanted.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, risk, social work methods, social workers, assessment, decision making, direct payments;
Reports on the realities of handling extreme domestic violence in a multidisciplinary team.
Reports on the realities of handling extreme domestic violence in a multidisciplinary team.
Subject terms:
marriage, marriage breakdown, multidisciplinary services, partners, physical disabilities, police, risk, short break care, social services, social work methods, social workers, violence, visual impairment, adult abuse, attitudes, care management, domestic violence;