Press release: Sense on the adult social care report
31 May 2012
Commenting on the Law Commission’s adult social care report released today, Sue Brown, Sense’s Head of Public Policy, says:
"The current adult social care system is 60 years out of date and fails thousands of disabled people so Sense welcomes the Law Commission’s recommendation that the Government create a modern system that recognises disabled people as citizens.
"We specifically welcome the Commission’s proposal that social care focus on outcomes related to education, training, recreation and making a contribution to society and are calling on the Government to listen to the experts and ensure social care is more than washing, feeding and dressing and gives disabled people, including deafblind people, the specialist support they need to get out of the house and access society.
"A failure to properly assess and meet a deafblind person’s needs can have devastating mental and physical health implications. A real commitment from the Government to the outcomes recommended by the Commission could help prevent thousands of deafblind people being left prisoners in their own homes."
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