Web links for 21st September 2010

21 Sep 2010, by ToUChstone blog in Web links

• One in five councils illegally charge for reablement services
  A “Communuity Care” survey has found that 22% of councils charge for reablement services – which make it possible for people to stay out of hospital or residential care. This is despite guidance from the Department of Health that local authorities should not charge for ‘intermediate care’ and that doing so is possibly unlawful.
• Independent Living Fund to shut in government cuts
  “Community Care” reports that the Independent Living Fund is expected to close to new applicants and provision for the 21,000 existing beneficiaries will be ring-fenced and transferred to local authorities.
• Hundreds of desperate families in Scotland are living in fear of losing out on £61m of funding due to government cutbacks
  The Herald reports on Scottish disability groups’ concerns about the strong rumours that the Independent Living Fund is to be handed over to local authorities or the Department of Health and then closed down.