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From Poor Law to Community Care: The Development of Welfare Services for Elderly People 1939-1971
Robin Means
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Description for From Poor Law to Community Care: The Development of Welfare Services for Elderly People 1939-1971
Paperback. Based on extensive research on primary sources and interviews, this book explores the changing perceptions of the needs of elderly people. It considers the extent to which they have been a priority for resources and looks at the possibilities of policy that combines respect for elderly people with an avoidance of the exploitation of relatives. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Recent community care changes have raised fundamental issues about the changing role of the public, voluntary and informal sectors in the provision of social care to older people. They have also raised issues about the health and social care interface, the extent to which services should be rationed and the respective roles of residential care and care at home. From Poor Law to community care sets these debates in the context of the historical growth of welfare services from the outbreak of the Second World War through to the establishment of social services departments in 1971. Based on extensive ... Read more
Recent community care changes have raised fundamental issues about the changing role of the public, voluntary and informal sectors in the provision of social care to older people. They have also raised issues about the health and social care interface, the extent to which services should be rationed and the respective roles of residential care and care at home. From Poor Law to community care sets these debates in the context of the historical growth of welfare services from the outbreak of the Second World War through to the establishment of social services departments in 1971. Based on extensive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
534g
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861340856
SKU
V9781861340856
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for From Poor Law to Community Care: The Development of Welfare Services for Elderly People 1939-1971
It remains a fascinating exploration, illustrated by apposite extracts from original sources, of a relatively uncharted period of welfare evolution; there is a particular pleasure in perusing these 'historical' accounts and realising with a jolt their continued, often heightened, salience to current debates. SPA News. The detailed analyses conducted by Means and Smith convey an authenticity which has ... Read more