Direct payments and personal budgets : putting personalisation into practice

By:

Glasby, Jon

Contributor(s):

Littlechild, Rosemary

Publication details: Bristol Policy Press 2009Edition: 2ndDescription: xii, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (pbk)ISBN:

1847423175
9781847423177 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

Summary: Includes bibliographical references and index.Summary: This is the first UK introductory textbook on direct payments and personal budgets, two of the most important developments in adult social care since the Second World War. It summarises the current evidence and implications for policy and practice. Contents include: history - why direct payments and personal budgets are different from what went before; direct payments - where they came from and how they developed; lessons of direct payments - how they spread and what they achieved; personal budgets - where they came from and why they matter; advantages of direct payments and personal budgets; possible barriers; implications for community care.

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Prev. ed. published as: Social work and direct payments, 2002.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is the first UK introductory textbook on direct payments and personal budgets, two of the most important developments in adult social care since the Second World War. It summarises the current evidence and implications for policy and practice. Contents include: history - why direct payments and personal budgets are different from what went before; direct payments - where they came from and how they developed; lessons of direct payments - how they spread and what they achieved; personal budgets - where they came from and why they matter; advantages of direct payments and personal budgets; possible barriers; implications for community care.

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