The eligibility question – the real source of depersonalisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12312937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Slasberg (0000-0001-9483-6113, corresponding author), Peter Beresford (0000-0001-6052-033X, Brunel University of London) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 969-973 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disability & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-7599 • E-ISSN: 1360-0508 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09687599.2016.1215122 |
| OpenAlex | W2498255619 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 4 |
There have been a number of high-profile strategies over recent decades to raise social care above what is widely regarded as an unacceptable service in the United Kingdom. Quite apart from all too frequent high-profile scandals, it is seen as a service that is depersonalising and stigmatising. None of the strategies to bring about change, most of them introduced to great fanfares, have delivered the changes they promised. This article sets out a view that the reason why they have all failed is that none of them have identified or therefore tackled the underlying problem, which is the relationship between needs and resources. Underfunding has long been a serious concern for campaigning organisations. The article does not detract from that contention. However, it sets out how strategies to manage the gap between needs and resources, more than the funding gap per se, are themselves the root cause of depersonalised and chronically impoverished services. The unlikely source of these strategies can be traced to the unintended consequences of an Act of Parliament that had the best of intentions
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| Citations per year | 0.89 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |