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Author: Means, Robin
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 1998-09
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 1861340850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent community care changes have raised issues about the changing role of the public and voluntary sectors in the provision of social care to elderly people. The purpose of this book is to set these debates in the context of the historical growth of welfare services from 1939 through to 1971.
Author: Means, Robin
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2002-04-17
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1861342659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study reflects a recognition of contributions studies of the post-war 'welfare state' make to contemporary debates about the restructuring of welfare. It illuminates concerns about key issues such as rationing care and health and social care divide.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2010-03-12
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780215544667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Health Committee calls for fundamental reform of the social care system in England and says political point-scoring must stop. Instead of indulging in pre-election politicking, all the parties should come together to map out sustainable reform. Consensus on the details of reforms must be achieved early in the new Parliament and a failure to do so will betray current and future generations. The report says the current social care system is chronically underfunded, severely rationed, locally variable, too often of poor quality and discriminates against older people. The Committee is highly critical of the Government's Free Personal Care at Home Bill which it says smacks of policy-making on the hoof and risks creating perverse incentives and being substantially underfunded. Free care funded from taxation has many supporters but has been ruled out as an option by the Government. The Committee urges debate on this issue. It also acknowledges the widespread concern about the proposed reform of disability benefits for older people, noting the lack of clear information from the Government on who the winners and losers will be. To mitigate significantly the worst aspects of the existing funding system, as an interim measure, the Committee recommends raising the capital thresholds in the means test. The Committee strongly supports giving people more choice and control over their care and support, but emphasises that vulnerable people must be properly protected.
Author: Neil Moonie
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780435455897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis student textbook matches the mandatory units and key skills of the GNVQ in Health and Social Care qualification, advanced level. This revised edition contains information on key areas. Chapters and sub-chapters match the headings in the AVCE specifications, to ensure students find their way easily through the book. Every chapter contains case studies about real organizations, so that students can see how the theory they are learning is used every day in the real world.
Author: John Harris
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-01-24
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 0191039225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new dictionary provides over 1,500 A-Z definitions of terms from the field of social care, concentrating on social work as a significant area within this field. Covering social work theories, methods, policies, organizations, and statutes, as well as key terms from interdisciplinary topics such as health and education, this is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind available. It also provides extended entries on specialisms such as children and families, domestic violence, and residential care. Useful appendices include a glossary of acronyms and a Table of Legislation, Regulations, and Codes of Practice. Entry-level bibliographies and web links provide further resources and the web links are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care is a must-have for students of social care and related subjects, as well as for qualified social workers undertaking continuing professional development programmes.
Author: Janice Robinson
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jon Glasby
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith health and social care increasingly asked to work in partnership, many existing textbooks and educational opportunities are too 'uni-professional' to be able to respond fully to the joined-up services agenda. Against this background, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of both health and social care. With chapters on the origins of community health and social care; current services; partnership working; direct payments; independent living; anti-discriminatory practice; user involvement; and support for carers, the book is also packed with student-friendly features. These include a focus on both health and social care in a time of increasing inter-agency working; a combined summary of current policy and practice dilemmas with useful theoretical frameworks; service user-focused case studies and reflective exercises to aid further study and analysis; comparative material throughout exploring relevant issues, their impact and lessons learned and compliance with the Social Policy Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education benchmark statement.With partnership working now part of core business rather than an optional extra, this book is essential reading for anyone studying or working in health and social care. It provides practical material to populate the theoretical and conceptual knowledge of social policy students, and conceptual material to help make sense of the practical experience of professional students on training courses. Health and social care practitioners will find the book of value, informing their continuing professional development.
Author: Walter I. Trattner
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWalter I. Trattner is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Author: Lynn Hollen Lees
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-01-28
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780521572613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of English policies toward the poor from the 1600s to the present, showing how clients and officials negotiated welfare settlements.
Author: Margaret Richards
Publisher: Jordan Publishing (GB)
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevised and expanded for its second edition, this text tackles the funding of community care for the elderly together with the implications for the recipients. It provides specific advice for practitioners on the protection of assets from local authorities seeking to recover residential expenses. Incorporating changes to the law, the book examines the issues around entitlement to care and considers the impact of The Human Rights Act 1998.
