Individual budgets have been shown to empower people with learning disabilities to live the life they choose, reports Daniel Allen
So, a thumbs-up for individual budgets (IBs). Inevitably there are provisos, but evaluation of a series of IB pilot projects designed to give service users greater control over their social care indicates people with learning disabilities have much to gain.
Learning Disability Practice. 11, 10, 10-10. doi: 10.7748/ldp.11.10.10.s12
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