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Consulting and involving older people with a visual impairment in the provision and development of personal social services
Author(s)Mark Davis
Corporate AuthorSocial Services Development Unit, Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB
PublisherRNIB, London, 1996
Pages19 pp (User Consultation)
SourceMark Davis, Community Care Officer - Older People, RNIB Social Services Development Unit, 7 The Square, 111 Broad Street, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1AS.
KeywordsVisual impairment ; Services ; Social Services Departments ; Consumer choice ; Standards of provision.
AnnotationThe NHS and Community Care Act 1990, section 46, and the guidance which followed, placed a legal duty on local authorities to consult with providers, service users and carers in the planning and delivery of services. This study is the first national research to look at what progress has been made to consult and involve older people with a visual impairment regarding the provision of personal social services.
Accession NumberCPA-961210206 P
ClassmarkBR: I: PF: WYC: 583

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