Planning to care
Subtitle: social policy and the quality of life
By: edited by Alex Robertson and Averil Osborn on behalf of the Social Services Research Group.
Contributors: Robertson, Alex.; Osborn, Averil.; Social Services Research Group (Great Britain)
Series: Studies in social policy and welfare ;; 22
Publisher: Gower
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Social service -- England.; Quality of life -- England.; England -- Social policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Social services, research, and planning to care / Adrian Sinfield; title: Social indicators and the concept of quality of life / John Edwards; title: The development and use of subjective indicators to measure the quality of life / Mark Abrams; title: Child-care in a changing society / Rudolf Schaffer; title: Do we plan to care for children? / Peter Bates; title: Measuring "quality of life" in residential services for mentally handicapped people / Alan Tyne; title: Evaluation of alternative residential facilities for the mentally handicapped in Wessex / David Felce, John Smith, and Albert Kushlick; title: Innovations in the care of the elderly / Bernard Isaacs and Alex Robertson; title: Social services planning and the quality of life / Alex Robertson.