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Choice and control for older people using home care services: how far have council-managed personal budgets helped?

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to report the experiences of older people who use council-managed personal budgets (PBs) to fund home care services and their satisfaction with the level of choice and control they are able to exercise. Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected from 18...

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Published in:Quality in ageing 2014-12, Vol.15 (4), p.210
Main Authors: Rabiee, Parvaneh, Glendinning, Caroline
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