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The Independent Living Funds
— what does the future hold? | | Author(s) | Melanie Henwood, Bob Hudson |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 15, issue 4, August 2007 |
| Pages | pp 36-42 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Independence. |
| Annotation | At a time when there is much debate about the nature of self-directed support and the development of individual budgets, the role of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) comes into question. This article reports on the findings of an independent review of the ILF undertaken for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It is argued that, while in many ways ahead of its time at its creation in 1988, the ILF is no longer at the leading edge of policy and practice in supporting independent living, as promoted under the auspices of In Control, for example. There is much that can be done to improve the operation of the ILF and people's experience of using it; the report made multiple recommendations for change. However, in the longer term the case is made that the ILF should not have an ongoing and separate existence, and there is a presumption of full incorporation within individualised budgets. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070911205 A |
| Classmark | JH: C3 |
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