Social Work and direct payments

Authors:
GLASBY Jon, LITTLECHILD Rosemary
Publisher:
Policy Press
Publication year:
2002
Pagination:
172p.
Place of publication:
Bristol

This book summarises and builds on current knowledge and research on direct payments in the UK and considers developments in other European countries. It identifies good practice in the area and explores the implications of direct payments for users and social workers. Through direct payments, recipients are able to control and integrate into their daily routines a wide range of health-related activities, in ways which offer increased independence and better quality of life, compared with conventional services. I

Subject terms:
independence, interagency cooperation, older people, physical disabilities, policy, policy formulation, social care provision, community care, direct payments, health care, good practice;
ISBN print:
1 86134 225 X

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