Developments in direct payments / / ed. by Janet Leece, Joanna Bornat.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Bornat, Joanna,; Carlin, Jeanne,; Clark, Heather,; Fletcher, Margaret,; Gilbert, Kathryn,; Glasby, Jon,; Glendinning, Caroline,; Hasler, Frances,; Holman, Andrew,; Hutchison, Peggy,; Leece, Janet,; Lenehan, Christine,; Littlechild, Rosemary,; Lomas, Annette,; Lord, John,; Luckhurst, Laura,; Pearson, Charlotte,; Ridley, Julie,; Salisbury, Brian,; Ungerson, Clare,; Williams, Val,; Wilson, Rob,; d’Aboville, Etienne,
• HerausgeberIn: Bornat, Joanna,; Leece, Janet,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

This book charts the change, critically evaluating progress, take-up, inclusion and access to direct payments by different user groups. With contributions from leading campaigners, academics, practitioners, direct payment users and personal assistants, the book provides an overview of the history of direct payments; presents findings from key research into direct payments and disabled people, older people, carers, people with mental health problems, people with learning difficulties and disabled children; discusses the implementation and development of direct payments provision and compares developments in the UK with those in North America. Developments in direct payments is an important source of information for social work students and practitioners and others working in the field of health and social care. The useful, up-to-date evidence and discussions relating to care, independence and control will also be of interest to users and providers of help and support.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Setting the scene -- An overview of the implementation and development of direct payments -- Direct payments in Scotland -- North American approaches to individualised planning and direct funding -- Policy into practice -- Direct payments and autonomy: issues for people with learning difficulties -- “It’s meant that, well, I’m living a life now”: older people’s experience of direct payments -- “Direct what?” Exploring the suitability of direct payments for people with mental health problems -- Overcoming barriers to the take-up of direct payments by parents of disabled children -- Voices of experience -- Voices of experience -- Reporting from the field -- Implementing direct payments: a support organisation perspective -- The Direct Payments Development Fund -- An experience of the Direct Payments Development Fund -- Carers and direct payments -- Working with direct payments -- “It’s not like being at work”: a study to investigate stress and job satisfaction in employees of direct payments users -- Direct payments and the employment relationship: some insights from cross-national research -- Can intensive support widen access to direct payments? -- Care managers and direct payments -- Developments in direct payments -- Direct payments and health -- The future of direct payments -- Holding the dream: direct payments and independent living -- Glossary -- Index