Caring for Older People
Subtitle: an Assessment of Community Care in the 1990s
By: editors, John Chesterman, Bleddyn Davies
Contributors: Chesterman, John; Davies, Bleddyn; Judge, Ken
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781315201924
Subjects: Older people; Care; Medical care; Government policy; Community health services for older people; Age & Ageing; Social Work and Social Policy; Community Social Work; Personnes âgées; Soins; Soins médicaux; Politique gouvernementale; Services communautaires de santé
Description: "This title was first published in 2000: Caring for Older People provides a unique insight into the world of community care in the 1990's. It presents findings from a national study of social care from the perspectives of older service users, their carers and care managers. Descriptive findings from this longitudinal study - conducted by the PSSRU from 1994 and funded by the Department of Health - are set in the context of the history of community care and developments since the passage of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act. The study's findings highlight important challenges for policy and practice development in the new millennium."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: The development of community care; Origins, design and context; Need-related circumstances of users; Need-related circumstances of carers; Care management; Consistency; Informal carer inputs; Formal and independent sector inputs; Outcomes for users; Outcomes for carers; Conclusion; References; Index.