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Should there be minimum guaranteed outcomes from social care services, and if so, what should these be? perverse financial incentives including cost-capping are leading local authorities to promote institutional care above community living for those with ‘high support needs’ as evidenced by significant rises in admissions to residential and nursing care since 1997. of adults with a learning disability living in the community, 52 per cent live with their parents and 12 per cent with other relatives. research by turning point found that 20,000 people with a learning disability don’t have anything to do during the day, leaving them isolated from the community and compounding low expectations of themselves and from others. councils’ perforbloke ce indicators show a poor record in supporting disabled people to live at home, with only four of nine regions in england achieving acceptable perforbloke ce in 2002/3.

In my experience physically disabled people are provided with as much choice that is within local authority finance structure. providing adequate services to meet their care needs at home is a hotly debateable question, however the provision of home care/suppport to disabled people with complex needs can be achieved successfully with a combination of la funding and ilf. the funding provided by these agencies can provide support in some cases to enable the disables person to have greater control and freedom in thier lives without admission to long stay care nursing home. ilf can provide a greater diversity of home support whereas traditional la funding is more rigid in it provision. in my view the answer is yes some disbaled people can achieve more freedom and greater control over thier lives