Debilitating landscapes of care and support

Envisaging Alternative Futures

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3203020
AutoresHannah Macpherson (0000-0001-5564-491X, University of Southampton, autor de correspondencia), Edward Hall (0000-0002-8228-6502, Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee; Faculty of Health and Medicine), Anne Power (0000-0002-3887-1050, University of Southampton), Andrew Power, Alexandra Kaley (0000-0002-1147-1604, University of Southampton), Alex Kaley
Año2023
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas140-156
Fecha de publicación2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2021.1922736
OpenAlexW3173768493
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas32

This paper explores the impact of policy changes and budget cuts on the service and support landscape faced by people with learning disabilities. Drawing upon collaborative research in England and Scotland and interviews with commissioners and support organisations we show how landscapes of care and support are unstable and fragmented. We identify how pressures of time, resource and precaritisation in the workforce are creating ‘debilitating landscapes of care’ that further erode the capacities of both the people that work in the sector and people with learning disabilities. Some of the specific challenges that people with learning disabilities face in this context include; finding appropriate local support, narrowing access as a result of reductions in benefit entitlements and identifying quality providers amid an increasingly complex array of private and charitable provision. Capacity to cope with thesechallenges is contingent on access to quality advocacy, supportive family, friendships and peer support, but these are not always available. Organisations that offer a positive future include social enterprises that provide productive occupational environments, support people to learn and develop, encourage peer support and enable high quality advocacy. However, the impact of Covid19 has only served to intensify some of the issues we identify and the urgent need for a response. Our analysis is inspired by Berlant’s (2007) conception of ‘slow-death’ and Puar’s (2017) associated conceptualisation of ‘debility

Context (archaeology · Debility · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Work (physics · Workforce · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine