Personalisation and austerity in the crosshairs: government perspectives on the remaking of adult social care
Personalisation and austerity in the crosshairs: government perspectives on the remaking of adult social care
Personalisation has now become centre-stage in adult social care and continues to have an enduring level of political commitment and on-going appeal by many disabled people. And yet, its roll-out has taken place during a time of austerity where central governments in many neo-liberal countries are re-imagining (read: shrinking) their role in social care provision. This paper reports on findings from an empirical study of relevant government officials from different countries which have advanced personalisation, Canada, England and the US. It reports on their views on personalisation and the remaking of adult social care, and managing expectations for change. Despite the relative success of personalisation, the findings reveal a tempered, cautious account, with respondents aware of pitfalls and risks inherent with self-led support, the limits to government changing systems, and an end to the primary involvement by the state in the creation of a social care market. With this in mind, the study’s findings make a strong case for forms of ‘progressive localism’ being imagined by Featherstone et al (2012) in galvanising local community resources alongside more radical politics in order to make self-led support achieve its desired outcomes on the ground
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Power, Andrew
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October 2014
Power, Andrew
b3a1ee09-e381-413a-88ac-7cb3e13b3acc
Power, Andrew
(2014)
Personalisation and austerity in the crosshairs: government perspectives on the remaking of adult social care.
Journal of Social Policy, 43 (4), .
(doi:10.1017/S0047279414000373).
Abstract
Personalisation has now become centre-stage in adult social care and continues to have an enduring level of political commitment and on-going appeal by many disabled people. And yet, its roll-out has taken place during a time of austerity where central governments in many neo-liberal countries are re-imagining (read: shrinking) their role in social care provision. This paper reports on findings from an empirical study of relevant government officials from different countries which have advanced personalisation, Canada, England and the US. It reports on their views on personalisation and the remaking of adult social care, and managing expectations for change. Despite the relative success of personalisation, the findings reveal a tempered, cautious account, with respondents aware of pitfalls and risks inherent with self-led support, the limits to government changing systems, and an end to the primary involvement by the state in the creation of a social care market. With this in mind, the study’s findings make a strong case for forms of ‘progressive localism’ being imagined by Featherstone et al (2012) in galvanising local community resources alongside more radical politics in order to make self-led support achieve its desired outcomes on the ground
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e-pub ahead of print date: 11 June 2014
Published date: October 2014
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