Annette,
I'm sure I've heard of people with learning
difficulties successfully using direct payments but
I've also heard of resistance to this from d.p. units.
The definition I gave of personal care was very much a
"shop floor" one the product of everyday practice.
Local authorities are not supposed to "fetter their
discretion" by sticking to proceduaralised approaches
or standard definitions.
Under d.l.a. regulations, help with "bodily functions"
includes "supervision" so you could argue a parallel
for "personal support". But Barry is right, l.a.s will
resist d.p.s if they are seen to be "more payments"
rather than "differently routed payments".
Good luck.
Andrew
- the purpose of the definition was
> to
> argue the case of 'What can Direct Payments be used
> for' and if the local authority restricts this to
> personal care then a definition becomes really
> important, as people with learning difficulties,
> many
> people do not require personal care such as getting
> up, washed and dressed therefore unless the
> eligibility criteria is changed DP's are not an
> option
> for this client group.
>
>
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