Personalisation and the promise of independent living: Where now for cash, care and control for disability organisations across the UK?

Pearson, Charlotte, Brunner, Richard, Porter, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-8844 and Watson, Nicholas (2020) Personalisation and the promise of independent living: Where now for cash, care and control for disability organisations across the UK? Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 22 (1). pp. 285-295. ISSN 1501-7419

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Abstract

Personalisation has dominated social care across OECD countries over the past 20 years. UK policy evolved from the efforts of disabled peoples’ organisations (DPOs) to secure the availability of cash payments as part of a wider drive to enable independent living. Implementation of personalisation across the UK has seen significant divergence in how governments have developed their own responses, but in each country the DPOs’ role and impact has shifted from campaigning and promoting the voices of disabled people to a more muted focus on service provision and limited policy engagement. This article draws on a series of interviews with DPOs and leading disabled activists. It highlights concerns raised related to themes around austerity, changing relationships with local government and the role of co-production in developing policy. We conclude the article by discussing the future directions for personalisation and developments in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2020 01:09
Last Modified:	01 Sep 2023 01:12
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77541
DOI:	10.16993/sjdr.742

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