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A question of risk — community care for older visually impaired people in England and Wales
Author(s)	David Coles, Graham Willetts, Steve Winyard
Corporate Author	Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB
Publisher	RNIB, London, 1997
Pages	22 pp (Campaign report 3)
Source	RNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA.
Keywords	Visual impairment ; Community care ; Domiciliary services ; Needs [elderly].
Annotation	Following a major survey of the needs of blind and partially sighted people carried out in the mid-1980s, RNIB concluded that there was extensive under-provision of local authority social services. "A question of risk" looks in detail at the legislative framework for community care. Under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986, local authorities are required to offer a comprehensive assessment to all disabled people, irrespective of the need that is initially presented. The document reports on findings of research studies, and examines ways in which local authorities have tried to close the gap between increasing levels of demand and inadequate resources, in effect, by rationing services such as home care. The report makes recommendations to central and local government concerning these observations. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980910211 B
Classmark	BR: PA: N: IK
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