Personal budgets: experiences of a disabled person

This film for disabled people and care workers who support them shows Anne, a disabled person, travelling around London by taxi and bus. She discusses the issues involved in employing personal assistants and her own work to counter misguided cultural perceptions of disabled people and bring about positive change.

Supporting carers: the cared-for person

This film for social care commissioners, staff, people who need services and carers follows Linda, who needs constant care. Linda found out she was entitled to direct payments. She used the money to pay her friends to be her personal assistants.

Personalisation briefing: implications for personal assistants (PAs)

Part of Personalisation

Part of our new series on personalisation for professionals, this briefing produced with Skills for Care summarises the implications of the personalisation agenda for personal assistants (PAs).