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Extending direct payments to informal carers: some issues for local authorities

The Carers and Disabled Children Act (2000) has the potential to fundamentally change carers services and the way they are currently delivered. As yet, there is little published work that considers the implications of this Act either for local authorities or informal carers themselves. This paper examines the practical issues involved in the implementation of the Act in terms of: providing equitable services, defining terms, young carers and care package limits, local authority eligibility criteria and whether funding is adequate. The paper raises more questions than answers, but these questions are timely and necessary.

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Practice

Key Information

Type of Reference
Mgzn
ISBN/ISSN
0950-3153, 0950-3153
Resource Database
Applied social sciences index & abstracts (assia)
Publication Year
2002
Volume Number
14
Start Page
31-44
Language
English