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Reducing residential care in Sutton 9 Sep 2011 | 10:08 pm
Sutton is notable in that it has a clear strategic priority (rather than a wholly economic one) of moving vulnerable adults out of residential care and into supported living – something it has been do...
Independent trading in Essex 9 Sep 2011 | 10:08 pm
Essex has a multi-pronged strategy to help cope with the cuts, including the creation of Essex Cares in 2009, a local authority trading company. It is run as a competitive business competing for contr...
Leila and Beth in Shropshire 9 Sep 2011 | 10:07 pm
Florence, a local service provider in Shropshire, says that day centres are under threat for people with learning disabilities. One has closed; another is closing soon. However, the demand for day cen...
Anita and Max in Bristol 9 Sep 2011 | 10:06 pm
Anita lives in Bristol with Max, her live-in carer for the past two years. With no one else to take care of her, she considers Max family, and uses money from her Disability Living Allowance (DLA) ben...
Powys 9 Sep 2011 | 01:26 am
Powys has increased the cost of community meals by £1, but kept the lower eligibility for social care and support services at the ‘moderate’ level of need and above.
Rhondda Cynon Taff 9 Sep 2011 | 01:26 am
Rhondda Cynon Taff has said that no local disability services have closed, but notes a 10p increase in the cost of community meal charges. The eligibility for social care and support services remains ...
Swansea 9 Sep 2011 | 01:26 am
Swansea has increased community meals by 50p and last year closed a local respite home. The council has kept the eligibility for social care and support services at the higher ‘substantial’ and ‘criti...
The Vale of Glamorgan 9 Sep 2011 | 01:26 am
The Vale of Glamorgan has increased the hourly cost of care in the home by 2 per cent and has kept the eligibility for social care and support services at the higher ‘substantial’ and ‘critical’ level...
Torfaen 9 Sep 2011 | 01:26 am
Torfaen has reduced local inclusive play services due to lack of funding and the day opportunities for older people have been reduced by an hour. The council has kept the eligibility for social care a...
Wrexham 9 Sep 2011 | 01:26 am
Wrexham is currently consulting on the proposal to move the delivery of residential care to a commercial organisation and has had to add inflationary increases to community meals and care services. Th...
