From community care to market care?: The development of welfare services for older people - Softcover

Means, Robin; Morbey, Hazel; Smith, Randall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861342659 ISBN 13: 9781861342652

Publisher: Policy Press, 2002

Synopsis

This study reflects a growing recognition of the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to contemporary debates about the restructuring of welfare. Drawing on the community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about such key issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, the changing role of residential care and the growing emphasis on provider competition.From community care to market care focuses on the interpretation and development of national policy at local authority level in four contrasting local authorities. The results of the study will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the community care provision of older people.

About this title

About the Author:

Robin Means, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Hazel Morbey, Centre for Research in Applied Social Care and Health, University of the West of England and Randall Smith, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

Review:

... a useful addition to the community care literature and should be included on undergraduate reading lists of community care modules. Ian Shaw, Centre for Medical Sociology and Health Policy, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham

... an important book for both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying social welfare, social work and social policy. Ageing & Society

... a fascinating read ... provides salutary learning and should be required reading for MPs and civil servants. It will be beneficial reading for health service personnel but particularly for social work students, academics and community care practitioners, planners and managers. Generations Review

... a book that deserves to be widely read ... Journal of Social Policy

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1861342659
• ISBN 13: 9781861342652
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212