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Description
Mind Map by Jen Collins, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jen Collins
over 11 years ago
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POLICY AND LEGISLATION (relating built
enviro)
- CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED ACT 1970
- local authorities required to be aware of number and needs of disabled people in their area
- Act placed a duty on local authorities to meet needs of disabled person
- home adaptions,
provision features
designed to make life
easier and safer
- S/S dept became major providers of housing adaptions in both
private and public sector housing
- home adaptions,
provision features
designed to make life
easier and safer
- Act placed a duty on local authorities to meet needs of disabled person
- local authorities required to be aware of number and needs of disabled people in their area
- LOCAL G'MENT AND HOUSING ACT 1989
- introduced the disabled facilities grant
- for provision of facilities for
disabled person and
asissting with minor
wrk/improvements
- Availability of grants demonstrates the
importance of partnership between housing,
health and social care
- example;
expertiese
of O.T's
can come
in useful
- example;
expertiese
of O.T's
can come
in useful
- MAJOR SOURCE
OF STATUTORY
SUPPORT FOR
ADAPTION OF
PROPERTIES IN
BOTH PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC
SECTOR
- for provision of facilities for
disabled person and
asissting with minor
wrk/improvements
- introduced the disabled facilities grant
- public sector
housing
legislation drew
attention to need
of local authorities
to consider
suitability of their
housing for
diasbled
- Mobility and wheelchair
housing guidance led to
housing schemes
- initially thought of as good
idea then was felt that it
stigmatised the disabled as
needing seperate housing
- housing schemes gave lack of choice
- raised issues of
autonomy and
increased need to
adapt ordinary homes
- raised issues of
autonomy and
increased need to
adapt ordinary homes
- housing schemes gave lack of choice
- initially thought of as good
idea then was felt that it
stigmatised the disabled as
needing seperate housing
- Mobility and wheelchair
housing guidance led to
housing schemes
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