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Quality of life, independence, dignity and safeguarding: will they survive the new regulatory and commissioning changes?

Quality of life, independence, dignity and safeguarding: will they survive the new regulatory and commissioning changes?. Jill Manthorpe. Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home… Eleanor Roosevelt From Safety Net to Springboard EHRC 2009.

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Quality of life, independence, dignity and safeguarding: will they survive the new regulatory and commissioning changes?

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  1. Quality of life, independence, dignity and safeguarding: will they survive the new regulatory and commissioning changes? Jill Manthorpe JDC June 2011

  2. Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home… Eleanor Roosevelt From Safety Net to Springboard EHRC 2009 JDC June 2011

  3. What the papers say Birmingham council's plan to cut care for disabled ruled unlawful High court judge describes move as potentially devastating and says cuts failed to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 19 May 2011 JDC June 2011

  4. Rock and hard place “The original dilemma between reducing services in different areas remains. There is no new money as a result of the judgment, and hard choices about meeting growing needs with fewer resources will have to be made by local authorities” Peter Hay, DASS, Birmingham JDC June 2011

  5. ‘Social care departments are some of the biggest areas of discretionary spend within a local authority budget and as the financial position worsens, it is often to cuts in social care that councils turn to balance their budgets’ Martin Green Guardian 21 May 2011 Safety pin JDC June 2011

  6. Courts may have something to offer Professionals’ roles in advocacy and signposting Careful commissioning Opportunistic around personal budgets Realism regulation What hope for quality of life? JDC June 2011

  7. ‘Social workers may well find themselves at the forefront of implementing a policy with potential for considerable improvements in people’s lives in a context that undermines its capacity for success’. Netten et al, forthcoming Art of the (im)possible JDC June 2011

  8. Safeguarding • confused picture concerning the duties and obligations of the various groups involved in respecting, protecting and promoting human rights. • an increasing number of care transactions are likely to take place at the margins of, or even outside of, regulated care. homecare@equalityhumanrights.com Home Care Inquiry web pages at www.humanrights.com/homecareinquiry JDC June 2011

  9. Seeking a definition Multi-component Multi-response Dignity dilemma New Stigma Care poverty… JDC June 2011

  10. As dementia care professionals • Financial literacy • Map of support • Legal links • Case examples • Personal Testimony • Witness JDC June 2011

  11. Take home thoughts Thank you JDC June 2011

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