Case Study: Disability, Independence and Care (DIC): a cross-national study of cash-for-care in the UK and Norway

The overall aim of the research project was to compare the Norwegian cash-for-care system (user-controlled personal assistance) with the British one (direct payments) by using a bottom-up perspective that focuses on the experiences of those directly involved in the scheme on a day-to-day basis: disabled people and their care workers, described as 'personal assistants' under the scheme.