Developments in direct payments / 
edited by Janet Leece and Joanna Bornat. 
 - Bristol :  Policy,  2006. 
 - xii, 305 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> A key part of UK government social care provision is paying directly those who need social care, so that they can choose and pay their own care workers. 'Developments in Direct Payments' charts the change, evaluates progress, take-up, inclusion & access to direct payments by user groups. This book provides an overview of the history of direct payments; presents findings; discusses the implementation of payment provision; & compares developments in the UK with those in North America. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1861346530 (pbk.) :  £20.99 1861346549 (hbk.) :  £55.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic assistance, Domestic--Great Britain.<br/>People with disabilities--Home care--Economic aspects--Great Britain.<br/>People with disabilities--Services for--Finance.--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.5'82'0941