Shopping for support : personalisation and the new spaces and relations of commodified care for people with learning disabilities. / Hall, Edward.
In: Social and Cultural Geography, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2011, p. 589-603.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Shopping for support
T2 - personalisation and the new spaces and relations of commodified care for people with learning disabilities
A1 - Hall,Edward
AU - Hall,Edward
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - <p>The 'suitable' spaces of care for people with bodies and minds of difference have been rescaled from the socio-spatial exclusion of the asylum, to collective spaces within mainstream communities, and most recently to the normalised spaces of the home, employment and public space. The mechanism facilitating the latest spatial reconfiguration in the UK is 'Personal Budgets', part of a broader 'personalisation' of neoliberal state care provision, whereby disabled people and older people take on responsibility for the management of their care within a new 'care marketplace'. The paper examines the new forms, spaces and relations of care produced within this commodified system of welfare, focusing on people with learning disabilities. In doing so, the paper argues that the new care marketplace both transforms existing relations of care and constrains collective and interdependent forms of care that many people with learning disabilities (and many others) value. In conclusion, the paper contends that the 'lack of fit' between the needs of many disabled and older people and personalised care provision demands a reconceptualisation of the dominant notion of 'active citizenship'.</p>
AB - <p>The 'suitable' spaces of care for people with bodies and minds of difference have been rescaled from the socio-spatial exclusion of the asylum, to collective spaces within mainstream communities, and most recently to the normalised spaces of the home, employment and public space. The mechanism facilitating the latest spatial reconfiguration in the UK is 'Personal Budgets', part of a broader 'personalisation' of neoliberal state care provision, whereby disabled people and older people take on responsibility for the management of their care within a new 'care marketplace'. The paper examines the new forms, spaces and relations of care produced within this commodified system of welfare, focusing on people with learning disabilities. In doing so, the paper argues that the new care marketplace both transforms existing relations of care and constrains collective and interdependent forms of care that many people with learning disabilities (and many others) value. In conclusion, the paper contends that the 'lack of fit' between the needs of many disabled and older people and personalised care provision demands a reconceptualisation of the dominant notion of 'active citizenship'.</p>
KW - learning disability
KW - care
KW - consumption
KW - ethics of care
KW - interdependency
KW - citizenship
KW - DIRECT PAYMENTS
KW - INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
KW - MENTAL-HEALTH
KW - GEOGRAPHIES
KW - COMMUNITY
KW - PLACE
KW - EXPERIENCE
KW - EXCLUSION
KW - USERS
U2 - 10.1080/14649365.2011.601236
DO - 10.1080/14649365.2011.601236
M1 - Article
JO - Social and Cultural Geography
JF - Social and Cultural Geography
SN - 1464-9365
IS - 6
VL - 12
SP - 589
EP - 603
ER -