Social care resources

• Independence, wellbeing and choice: our vision for the future of social care for adults in England
  Department of Health, March 2005
• Our health, Our care, our say
  Department of Health, January 2006
• Putting people first
  Department of Health, December 2007
• The case for change – Why England needs a new care and support system
  HM Government, May 2008
• Transforming adult social care
  Department of Health, January 2008
• Building Britain’s future
  HM Government, June 2009
• Shaping the future of care together
  Department of Health, July 2009

• With respect to old age : long term care – rights and responsibilities
  Royal Commission on Long Term Care, March 1999
• The NHS Plan: The Government's response to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
  Department of Health, January 2000
• Securing good care for older people: taking a long term view [Wanless Social Care Review]
  The King’s Fund, March 2006
• Paying for long term care: moving forward
  Joseph Rowntree Foundation, April 2006
• The future of care funding: time for a change
  Caring Choices Coalition, January 2008
• A National Care Fund for Long-Term Care
  International Longevity Centre, February 2008
• Funding long term care: the building blocks for reform
  International Longevity Centre, December, 2008
• Navigating the way: the future care and wellbeing of older people
  Resolution Foundation, December 2008
• Options for Care Funding: what could be done now?
  Joseph Rowntree Foundation, March 2009
• Navigating the age of inheritance
  International Longevity Centre, May 2008
• Getting personal : a fair deal for better care and support
  Hampshire County Council, November 2008
• Rethinking social care and support: what can England learn from other countries?
  Joseph Rowntree Foundation, November 2008
• Just care? A fresh approach to adult services
  IPPR, June 2008
• Making it Personal
  Demos, January 2008
• Lifelong: a new vision for the wellbeing of all older people, their families and carers
  Counsel & Care, October 2008
• A constitution for social care
  Demos, April 2009

Direct payments

• A survey on the implementation of the current direct payments scheme in Wales : final report
  Welsh Assembly Government, 2007
• Choice or chore? : carers' experiences of direct payments
  Counsel and Care, 2008
• Direct payments : a national survey of direct payments policy and practice
  LSE, 2007
• Direct payments and mental health : new directions
  Pavilion Publishing for JRF, 2005
• Direct payments and older people
  The King's Fund, 2006
• Direct payments for people with mental health problems : a guide to action.
  Department of Health, 2006
• Implementation of direct payments schemes
  ALG, 2005
• Individual Budgets Evaluation Network (IBSEN) SPRU, [2007?-]
• Letters between Secretary of State and British Bankers Association chief executive regarding difficulties of people obtaining direct payments because of banking problems
• Making a difference : direct payments
  Department of Health, 2005
• Response to the consultation on the extension and revision of direct payments regulations Department of Health, 2009  

Individual budgets

• Adults' personal social services (PSS) allocation 2006-07: individual budget pilot projects
  Department of Health
• Moving forward : using the learning from the Individual Budgets Pilot : response to the IBSEN evaluation report from the Department of Health report
  Department of Health, 2008
• The implementation of individual budget schemes in adult social care
  SCIE, 2009
• The Individual Budgets Pilot Projects: impact and outcomes for carers SPRU, 2009
• Individual budgets and the interface with health : a discussion paper for the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP): final report
  CSIP, 2008

Personalisation

• Personalisation: a rough guide
  SCIE, 2008
• Supporting people with long term conditions : commissioning personalised care planning : a guide for commissioners
  Department of Health, 2009
• A matter of perception?
  Community Care 2009; (1772): 28-29 (28 May 2009)
• Personalisation briefing for commissioners: what is personalisation?
  SCIE, 2009
• Our Health, Our Care, Our Say : what could the NHS learn from individual budgets and direct payments?
  HSMC, 2007

• Independent review of free personal and nursing care
  Scottish Government, April 2008
• Expectations & aspirations: public attitudes towards social care
  IPPR; PriceWaterhouseCoopers, June 2009
• Evaluation of the individual budgets pilot programme: final report
  Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, October 2008
• Community Care Statistics 2007-08: Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care for Adults, England
  Information Centre for Health and Social Care, December 2008
• Personal Social Services Expenditure and Unit Costs, 2006-7
  Information Centre for Health and Social Care, February 2008
• The state of the adult social care workforce in England 2008
  Skills for Care, February 2008
  [Note: The 2008 report is at the foot of the page, the appendices are in separate documents]
• The state of social care in England 2007-8
  Commission for Social Care Inspection, January 2009
• Cutting the cake fairly: CSCI review of eligibility criteria for social care
  Commission for Social Care Inspection, October 2008
• Future demand for social care, 2005 to 2041: projections of demand for social care for older people in England
  PSSRU, March 2008
• Future demand for social care, 2005 to 2041: projections of demand for social care and disability benefits for younger adults in England
  PSSRU, March 2008
• National Evaluation of Partnerships for Older People Projects: interim report of progress
  PSSRU, October 2008
• Estimating Future Need for Adult social care services for people with learning disabilities in England
  Centre for Disability Research, November 2008
• Reading list – The future of social care funding
  The King's Fund, July 2009