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Book Synopsis
The first book to bring together both advocates and critics of the personalisation agenda in English social care services to debate key issues.

Trade Review
"This was a lively and stimulating encapsulation of debates about the future of adult social care, and other areas of public policy. Highly recommended!" Dr Mark Lymbery, University of Nottingham
"This excellent, well balanced collection cuts through the ideological polarised debates and draws on personal experiences and research evidence to look at the pros and cons of personalisation. A must read for practitioners, advocates, researchers and policy makers, and a useful tool for those managing their own personalised services." Professor Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling
"Provides an informative overview of the development of personal health budgets focusing on the ideological, political and financial challenges it faces in moving forward." British Journal of Social Work
"A very welcome addition to the personalisation literature. Its breadth of discussion makes it a valuable resource in disability studies teaching and for all those with personal and professional interests in the area." Disability & Society
"An important contribution to critical social policy by emphasising that person-centred care is not about individual responsibility, it is about choice and control." Critical Social Policy
"A valuable contribution to what are arguably the most important debates happening in UK adult social care at the present time." Research, Policy and Planning

Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction and Overview; Introduction ~ Catherine Needham and Jon Glasby; Taking Stock of Personalisation ~ Catherine Needham and Jon Glasby; Making it Real: from Putting People First to Think Local, Act Personal ~ Sarah Carr; Part 2: The Challenges of Personalisation; Resource Allocation Systems: complex and counterproductive? ~ Lucy Series; Safeguarding, risk and personalisation ~ Jill Manthorpe; Can personalisation work for older people? ~ Liz Lloyd; Personalisation: where do carers fit? ~ Wendy Mitchell, Jenni Brooks and Caroline Glendinning; Self-funders: the road from perdition? ~ Melanie Henwood; Part 3: Frontline Perspectives; Managing a direct payment ~ Christine Bond; Beyond ‘being an employer’: developing micro markets ~ Sian Lockwood; What about the workforce? ~ Helga Pile; A view from social work practice ~ Victoria Hart; Part 4: Personalisation in the NHS – Personal Health Budgets; Managing a personal health budget: Malcolm’s Story(book) ~ Colin Royle; Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programme ~ Julien Forder and Karen Jones; PHBs: a threat to the NHS? ~ Colin Slasberg; Where next for personal health budgets? ~ Vidhya Alakeson; Part 5 - Responses and Conclusions; Advancing the positives of personalisation/person-centred support: a multi-perspective view ~ Peter Beresford; After Personalisation ~ Simon Duffy; Conclusion: glass half full or glass half empty? ~ Jon Glasby and Catherine Needham.

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2014
      ISBN13: 9781447313427, 978-1447313427
      ISBN10: 1447313429

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first book to bring together both advocates and critics of the personalisation agenda in English social care services to debate key issues.

      Trade Review
      "This was a lively and stimulating encapsulation of debates about the future of adult social care, and other areas of public policy. Highly recommended!" Dr Mark Lymbery, University of Nottingham
      "This excellent, well balanced collection cuts through the ideological polarised debates and draws on personal experiences and research evidence to look at the pros and cons of personalisation. A must read for practitioners, advocates, researchers and policy makers, and a useful tool for those managing their own personalised services." Professor Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling
      "Provides an informative overview of the development of personal health budgets focusing on the ideological, political and financial challenges it faces in moving forward." British Journal of Social Work
      "A very welcome addition to the personalisation literature. Its breadth of discussion makes it a valuable resource in disability studies teaching and for all those with personal and professional interests in the area." Disability & Society
      "An important contribution to critical social policy by emphasising that person-centred care is not about individual responsibility, it is about choice and control." Critical Social Policy
      "A valuable contribution to what are arguably the most important debates happening in UK adult social care at the present time." Research, Policy and Planning

      Table of Contents
      Part 1: Introduction and Overview; Introduction ~ Catherine Needham and Jon Glasby; Taking Stock of Personalisation ~ Catherine Needham and Jon Glasby; Making it Real: from Putting People First to Think Local, Act Personal ~ Sarah Carr; Part 2: The Challenges of Personalisation; Resource Allocation Systems: complex and counterproductive? ~ Lucy Series; Safeguarding, risk and personalisation ~ Jill Manthorpe; Can personalisation work for older people? ~ Liz Lloyd; Personalisation: where do carers fit? ~ Wendy Mitchell, Jenni Brooks and Caroline Glendinning; Self-funders: the road from perdition? ~ Melanie Henwood; Part 3: Frontline Perspectives; Managing a direct payment ~ Christine Bond; Beyond ‘being an employer’: developing micro markets ~ Sian Lockwood; What about the workforce? ~ Helga Pile; A view from social work practice ~ Victoria Hart; Part 4: Personalisation in the NHS – Personal Health Budgets; Managing a personal health budget: Malcolm’s Story(book) ~ Colin Royle; Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programme ~ Julien Forder and Karen Jones; PHBs: a threat to the NHS? ~ Colin Slasberg; Where next for personal health budgets? ~ Vidhya Alakeson; Part 5 - Responses and Conclusions; Advancing the positives of personalisation/person-centred support: a multi-perspective view ~ Peter Beresford; After Personalisation ~ Simon Duffy; Conclusion: glass half full or glass half empty? ~ Jon Glasby and Catherine Needham.

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