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Trust in me
— will user-independent trusts enable older people with dementia to access direct payments? | | Author(s) | Janet Leece |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 13, no 4, October 2003 |
| Pages | pp 22-24 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Social security benefits. |
| Annotation | Almost 8,000 people in England are now using their direct payments to meet their social care needs. Cash payments for individuals can help provide the type of care that older people say they want: flexible care, continuity of care, reliability, and a close supportive relationship with their care worker. Direct payments could be particularly useful for older people with dementia, where a known and trusted person can be employed to support an individual at home or in another familiar setting. Yet the indications are that few older people with dementia are using direct payments. This paper explains the background to direct payments and examines the barriers for people with dementia in accessing them, in terms of their ability to consent and manage a payment. It looks at the potential of direct payments to provide more effective and flexible support systems for people with dementia. The paper discusses the recent High Court judgment regarding user independent trusts, and argues that this method may enable some people with cognitive disabilities to at least reap the benefits of direct payments. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031027504 A |
| Classmark | EA: JH |
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