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| People with learning difficulties and their access to direct payments schemes | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 649, June 1999 |
| Publisher | JRF, York, June 1999 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | JRF, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Community care ; Social security benefits ; Advocacy ; Projects. |
| Annotation | The Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 came into force on 1 April 1997. It empowers local authorities to make cash payments to people so they can purchase their own support services, instead of arranging community care services for them. Recent research has found that few people with learning difficulties know anything about direct payments. A project undertaken by Values Into Action (VIA) has set out to inform as many people with learning difficulties as possible about direct payments. A second part of the project, led by Andrew Holman, looked at the progress people have made in their attempts to gain a direct payment. A major part of the study concerned the provision and advice to self-advocacy groups. The research concludes that if people with learning difficulties are truly to have access to direct payments, then they need to be involved at the outset. "Funding freedom 2000: people with learning difficulties using direct payments" by Andrew Holman and Catherine Bewley is the detailed report containing this and other related research, and is published by VIA. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990617204 P |
| Classmark | E4: PA: JH: IQ: 3E |
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