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  • Personal view of Personalisation

    I have to admit, before I start, that I have a somewhat brief view of personalisation which the Department of Health explains:- This means that every person who receives support, whether provided by statutory services or funded by themselves, will have choice and control over the shape of that support...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-04-2008

  • Direct Payments - Chapter Two

    So, a week from the start of my journey into a Direct Payments referral and I have sent the appropriate forms, documents and paperwork to the appropriate people.  The figures are being checked and the amount that has been requested matched up against  the Fair Access to Care criteria along...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • Direct Payments - Chapter One

    Direct Payments is the system of, basically, rather than giving a direct service, providing money to the user of the service to ‘buy’ the care that they need directly. ‘Direct Payments were introduced in the UK - for adults with a disability in 1997 - for older people in 2000 - for...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-26-2008

  • Help to care

    I first saw on the news over the weekend about the report produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research related to  Personalised Budgets for Carers and it baffled me a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, I completely think that carers need, deserve and are entitled to a lot more support...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-04-2008
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