Independent living and community care: a disempowering framework
By: Morris, Jenny.
Series: Disability & Society 19 (5) 2004: 427-442.Publisher: 2004Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): BARRIERS
| COMMUNITY CARE | INDEPENDENT LIVING | SERVICE PROVISION | STAFF ATTITUDESSummary: Sets out a conceptual framework for an understanding of independent living. Provides an analysis of the barriers posed by the social care system ranging from financial incentives for placing people with disabilities in residential care to a failure to address needs relating to employment, parenting and leisure. Suggest that disabling attitudes held by social services professionals about 'risk' and 'capacity' are also major barriers.
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Sets out a conceptual framework for an understanding of independent living. Provides an analysis of the barriers posed by the social care system ranging from financial incentives for placing people with disabilities in residential care to a failure to address needs relating to employment, parenting and leisure. Suggest that disabling attitudes held by social services professionals about 'risk' and 'capacity' are also major barriers.
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