Social work, social policy and older people
By: edited by Robert Johns
Series: Thinking through social work
Publisher: Learning Matters
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Exeter
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781844453498
Subjects: Services for; Social policy; Social service; Older people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why do social work practitioners need to know about social policy? ; Before the welfare state: older people in the Edwardian era ; The creation of the welfare state: the end of the Poor Law and a new beginning ; From state welfare to a mixed economy: the era of community care / Robert Johns; title: The lived experience of older people in Britain today: demographics and diversity / Dawn Ludick and Robert Johns; title: Older people, social policy and empowerment: more choice, more say? / Nicolette Wade and Robert Johns; title: Local and global / Robert Johns; title: Conclusion: making sense of social policy.