Domiciliary care agency responses to increased user choice

TY - GEN

T1 - Domiciliary care agency responses to increased user choice

AU - Baxter, K

AU - Glendinning, C

AU - Clarke, S

AU - Greener, I

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - In December 2007 the Government announced the introduction of personal budgets for everyone eligible for publicly-funded adult social care in England. Personal budgets aim to allow users to exercise more choice and control over the support they receive. Currently, most local authority (LA) funded home care in England is provided by independent sector agencies through a variety of contractual arrangements. The capacity of home care agencies to adapt from providing predominantlyLA-commissioned services to purchasing of services by individual personal budget holders is not well researched. This study explored the potential impacts on home care agencies and the wider implications for the home care market of these changes.

AB - In December 2007 the Government announced the introduction of personal budgets for everyone eligible for publicly-funded adult social care in England. Personal budgets aim to allow users to exercise more choice and control over the support they receive. Currently, most local authority (LA) funded home care in England is provided by independent sector agencies through a variety of contractual arrangements. The capacity of home care agencies to adapt from providing predominantlyLA-commissioned services to purchasing of services by individual personal budget holders is not well researched. This study explored the potential impacts on home care agencies and the wider implications for the home care market of these changes.

KW - ill/disabled adults

KW - social care services issues

M3 - Other contribution

T3 - Research Works

PB - Social Policy Research Unit, University of York

CY - University of York, York

ER -