Robin Means, Sally Richards, Randall Smith

Community Care (eBook, PDF)

Policy and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular attention is paid to partnerships between health and social care, the regulation of social care, direct payments and individual budgets and user/carer empowerment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137073839
• Artikelnr.: 62860725

Autorenporträt

ROBIN MEANS is Professor of Health and Social Care and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, UK.

SALLY RICHARDS is Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Health and Social Care, University of Reading, UK.

RANDALL SMITH is Senior Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introducing Community Care.- From Institutions to Care in the Community: The History of Neglect.- Implementing Community Care Reforms.- Community Care and the Modernization Agenda.- Health and Social Care: From Collaboration to Incorporation?.- Housing and Community Care.- Community Care: User Empowerment.- International Perspectives on Community Care: Lesson Drawing or Policy Learning.- Community Care: New Directions and Old Challenges