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A new vision for adult social care: scoping service users' views
- Authors:
- HUDSON Bob, DEAREY Melissa, GLENDINNING Caroline
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 42p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
In order to ascertain the ideas and views of service users, the researchers made contact with an extensive list of organisations that represent the interests of service users. The researchers aimed to reflect the entire spectrum of potential users of adult social care services and included organisations representing disabled adults, older people, family carers, drug and alcohol users and other groups of service users. The paper is in three sections. Section 1 looks at the desired outcomes of a new approach from the perspective of users of services. Section 2 identifies the service principles that would underpin the accomplishment of the outcomes identified in Section 1. Section 3 identifies some implementation issues concerned with matters of structure and process.
Representing the views of disabled people in community care planning
- Authors:
- BEWLEY Catherine, GLENDINNING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(3), 1994, pp.301-314.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper gives a critical account of the different ways in which the views of disabled people are sought and represented in community care planning; and of the organisational and practical barriers which disabled people and their organisations are likely to encounter in representing their views to service planners.
New kinds of care new kinds of relationships: how purchasing services affects relationships in giving and receiving personal assistance
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 8(3), May 2000, pp.201-211.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Draws on interviews with users of direct payments and focus group discussions with the personal assistants (PAs) who assist them with personal and daily living activities. It discusses the benefits and the drawbacks of directly employing such assistance, from the perspectives of both the purchasers and the providers of these services. The article shows that direct payments can enable disabled people to purchase a much wider range of flexible help, better continuity, greater control and an enhanced quality of life, compared with conventional services.
Buying Independence: using direct payments to integrate health and social services
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, et al
- Publisher:
- National Primary Care Research and Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Shows how disabled people do not make clear distinctions between 'health' and 'social' care. Through direct payments, they are able to control and integrate into their daily routines a wide range of health-related activities, such as physiotherapy and nursing tasks, in ways which offer increased independence and better quality of life, compared with conventional health services. Is extending direct payments to older people and disabled children a shift in the boundary between 'health' and 'social' services? This book explores how direct payments can improve further the integration of services from the perspectives of the users and providers involved.