Models of disability support governance
A framework for assessing and reforming social policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Henman (0000-0002-9923-6587, corresponding author), Michéle Foster (0000-0002-3716-4557) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 233-252 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2015.tb00348.x |
| OpenAlex | W1956024391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 31 |
In many developed countries, the provision of disability services has undergone significant transformations, from institutional to community based care, and from oganisational to personalised funding. Yet delivering disability support remains an ongoing challenge for governments. Specifically, the relative success of different types of disability support governance is convoluted and problematic given the diversity and complexity of disability support systems and the people they serve. To enhance the systematic analysis and evaluation of disability support governance, this paper conceptually advances four distinct models based on the locus of control and coordination of such support: uncoordinated; casework governance; dwelling‐based governance; and user‐coordinated. Using illustrations from case studies of individuals receiving care, the identification of these ideal types enables their relative strengths, weaknesses, and the occasions of governance failure to be articulated. No one model is universally applicable to people, nor immune to failure. Furthermore, the paper presents a novel approach to visualising actual disability support arrangements as social networks. The utility of such visualisations for analysing individual and system‐ wide arrangements is outlined. In the context of Australia's developing National Disability Insurance Scheme, these conceptual and analytical developments are argued to be important tools for policy and service analysis and reform
Business · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Diversity (politics · Economics · Identification (biology · Knowledge management · Management · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Strengths and weaknesses · Computer Science · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Rethinking Governance
Networks, Crowds, and Markets
The Sage Handbook of Governance
Deinstitutionalization and Community Living
The rise of governance and the risks of failure
Increasing Choice and Control for Older and Disabled People
Direct payments and user-controlled support
Money Talks, but What Does it Say? Direct Payments and the Commodification of Care
Disabled people and self‐directed support schemes
We’re not asking for anything special’
Individualised Support and Funding
Fixing the system? The experience of service users of the quasi-market in disability services in Australia
Multi-agency working in services for disabled children
Co‐Production and Self‐Care
Personalization
Direct Payments and Disabled People in the UK
Patterns of Commissioning, Contracting and Care Management in Social Care Services for Older People in England
Markets in the public sector
A healthy choice? Direct payments and healthcare in the English NHS
Understanding Governance
Assessing the Role of Increasing Choice in English Social Care Services
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |