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Independent successes
— implementing direct payments | | Author(s) | Carol Dawson |
| Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, 2000 |
| Pages | 72 pp |
| Source | York Publishing Services Ltd., 64 Hallfield Road, Layerthorpe, York YO31 7ZQ. |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Services ; Community care ; Independence ; Pilot ; Norfolk. |
| Annotation | The Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 gave local authorities the power to make direct payments to some individual in lieu of community care services provided on the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. On 1 April 1998, a direct payments project launched in Norfolk adopted an innovative approach, namely that the scheme applied to all adults aged 18-64 who were assessed as eligible for domiciliary support of more than 5 hours a week, respite care and associated transport. This report presents the evaluation and findings of the project which has been supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) as part of its programme of research and innovative development projects. It concludes that a direct payment scheme that involves disabled people from its inception and throughout its operation can provide a very positive alternative to direct service provision, and one which empowers disabled people to live their lives as they choose, with no additional cost to the social services department (SSD). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100217219 B |
| Classmark | BN: I: PA: C3: 4UC: 8N |
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