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| The implementation of individual budget schemes in adult social care | | Author(s) | Sarah Carr, Diana Robbins |
| Corporate Author | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE; Social Policy Research and Evaluation |
| Publisher | Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE, March 2009 |
| Pages | 27 pp (+ addendum) (Research briefing, 20) |
| Source | SCIE, Fifth floor, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5BH. www.scie.org.uk |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Independence ; Pilot ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This is an update of Research Briefing 20, 'Choice, control and individual budgets: emerging themes' (SCIE, 2007), and incorporates some new findings from research published 2006-2008. It includes highlights of the In Control evaluation, the UK Direct Payments Survey, and the Department of Health (DH) Individual Budgets pilot. This briefing presents a mixed picture on individual budgets: the international evidence is mainly based on small samples; reliable evidence on the cost implications is not yet available; and there are advantages and disadvantages for carers and families. Research on personal assistants (PAs) indicate poor pay and conditions but higher job satisfaction. The addendum summarises the main findings of the IBSEN pilot study on the impact and outcomes of individual budgets (IBs) for service users or their carers and families. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090518004 B |
| Classmark | JH: C3: 4UC: 64A |
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