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- Personal budgets briefing: Learning from the experiences of older people and their carers
This At a glance briefing is a summary of older people's and carers' experiences of using self-directed support and personal budgets. It is based on a six month study, which also included people with... - Personal budgets for older people - making it happen
This guide focuses on how councils can make personal budgets work well for older people and their families. It looks at how to ensure personal budgets are accessible, simple to use, flexible and help... - SCIE Guide 35: Age equality and age discrimination in social care: An interim practice guide
This guide aims to help managers, commissioners, providers and practitioners in all sectors of adult social care to develop a clear understanding of the risks and effects of age discrimination and to... - Counsel and Care Brief and Complete Direct Payments Guides for people over 65
Counsel and Care has published two step-by-step guides to using Direct Payments for older people, their families and carers. They were developed as part of the 'Keeping Control' project, which involved... - Older people - information and top tips from local authorities on increasing the uptake of direct payments.
These case studies are reports taken directly from Cornwall county council and Sefton metropolitan borough council. They illustrate approaches taken to increasing the uptake of Direct Payments amongst... - Empowering engagement: a stronger voice for older people
This report is the Government response to John Elbourne's review of arrangements for engaging older people in Government policy. - National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) 'Insights' paper
A report has been published by the NDTi, sharing lessons and key messages from a two year project (supported by the Office for Disability Issues) on increasing the voice and choice and control of older...