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Personal budgets and self-directed care: direct payments and individual budgets — Help the Aged policy statement
Corporate Author	Help the Aged
Publisher	Help the Aged, London, 2008
Pages	9 pp
Source	Download: http://policy.helptheaged.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0C0F...
Keywords	Social security benefits ; Independence ; Needs [elderly] ; Services ; Social policy ; Help the Aged.
Annotation	Help the Aged supports all schemes and service changes which result in improved outcomes for older people and their carers, and strongly agrees that the central focus most always be whether the support available to older people meets their needs. This policy statement summarises the development of direct payments and individual budgets, but comments that they have not proved to be popular with older people. It looks at the positive aspects of personal budgets (PBs) such as the emphasis on personal well-being. Among drawbacks highlighted are complexity, lack of information, the shortage of personal assistants (PAs), and reservations on the part of professionals. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100324005 E
Classmark	JH: C3: IK: I: TM2: PYH *
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