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Personalisation and carers
— whose rights? whose benefits? | | Author(s) | Nicola Moran, Hilary Arksey, Caroline Glendinning |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 42, no 3, April 2012 |
| Pages | pp 461-479 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Rights [elderly] ; Social security benefits ; Independence ; Consumer choice ; Family care. |
| Annotation | Increasing numbers of developed welfare states now operate cash-for-care schemes in which service users are offered cash payments in place of traditional social services. However such schemes raise concerns about the extent to which they include and support carers. This study investigated the use of a cash-for-care initiative piloted in England in 2005 to 2007 - the Individual Budgets (IBs) pilot projects. Qualitative interviews were held with IB lead officers, carers' lead officers and carers of IB holders. Analyses were then undertaken of interviews with carers of IB holders and carers of people in receipt of conventional social care services. Findings revealed that, despite their primary aim of increasing choice and control for the service user, IBs had a positive impact on carers of IB holders. The authors conclude that the findings were important in that they have implications for the widespread roll-out of Personal Budgets in England, and may also provide lessons about policies aimed at promoting choice and control by disabled and older people. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120824003 A |
| Classmark | I: IK: IKR: JH: C3: WYC: P6:SJ |
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