Articles

Here you will find all of the articles and publications produced by Paradigm and our consultants, together with any relevant publications produced by others that we have been able to find on the web.
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A welfare system for the 21st century
Employment Minister Chris Grayling today announced a series of reforms to deliver a 21st century welfare system.
The new Work Programme will replace the current back to work schemes and pro...
05 July 2010
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Harness - New Technology
Harness new technology to give people more independence
Two years ago, Martin Nicholas went on a Paradigm study tour to
Wisconsin in the USA, a state recognised for high quality individ...
02 June 2010
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A Brighter Future for Alex
Following recent news stories about an increase in the number of mothers who continue with their pregnancies after a positive tesr for Down's Syndrome in their unborn children, Sean Kelly met ...
02 June 2010
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Has residential respite care had its day? The MS Society is about to decide whether to close all its respite care homes and offer more personliased support to its users. The outcome could have repercussions for other disability charities 28 May 2010
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The View From Arthur's Seat - a literature review of housing and support for people with learning difficulties - Ken Simons
A review of services for people with learning disabilities in Scotland. This report provides an international review of the literature on housing and support services.
01 November 2009
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Don't count me out
A Mencap report revealing the lack of support in education for children with a learning disability who have particular health needs.
01 June 2009
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Background Briefing: Personalisation and the ILF – the need for major reform
Independent Living Funds (ILFs): The independent review
15 May 2009
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SCIE research briefing 20: The implementation of individual budget schemes in adult social care
This research briefing is now available on the SCIE website it examines some of the recent UK and international liter...
31 March 2009
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New report: Individual Budgets Pilot Projects: Impact and outcomes for carers
This study investigated the impact of IBs on carers in terms of assessment, support planning, costs and outcomes.
31 March 2009
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shop4support
shop4support is the new web-based marketplace that will transform how people manage their Individual Budgets online i...
31 March 2009

