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The costs and benefits of independent living
— executive summary [of a report of research carried by SQW on behalf of the Office for Disability Issues, Department for Work and Pensions] | | Author(s) | Jennifer Hurstfield, Urvashi Parashar, Kerry Schofield |
| Corporate Author | SQW Limited; Office for Disability Issues (ODI), Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | Office for Disability Issues, London, 2007 |
| Pages | 11 pp |
| Source | Office for Disability Issues, 6th Floor, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. E-mail: office-for-disability-issues@dwp.gsi.gov.uk Website: www.officefordisability.gov.uk/publications |
| Keywords | Independence ; Physical disabilities ; Living in the community ; Costs [care] ; Cost effectiveness ; Case studies ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) commissioned SWQ Limited to carry out this study, to inform the first stage of the Independent Living Review, a 12-month project being carried by the ODI tackling barriers to independent living (IL). This summary report introduces the concept of independent living (IL) and the study's aims and objectives; outlines the methodology used for a literature review; and comments on the characteristics of the available evidence on the 'independent living approach'. It summarises conclusions from five case studies of individual circumstances and different types of supports, and about service delivery and macro-economic implications. It comments on possible barriers to implementation of independent living, and gaps in the evidence for evaluating the costs and benefits of IL. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080304002 B |
| Classmark | C3: BN: K4: QDC: WEC: 69P: 64A |
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