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Case management and the social services: on breeding the best chameleons
- Author:
- DAVIES Bleddyn
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 2(2), June 1992, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Response to R. Jack's article by the Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Who gets what, why, where, when and how?
- Author:
- O'BRIEN Aileen
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 2(2), June 1992, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Describes a study of the decision making processes in choosing forms of care for elderly mentally infirm people.
Case management and social services: welfare or trade fare?
- Author:
- JACK Raymond
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 2(1), March 1992, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Argues that case management is not just a vehicle for effective resource management but will introduce the change to means-tested provision, and the acceptance of the governments current ideology by Social Services Departments.
Social policy and elderly people: the role of community care
- Editors:
- LACZKO Frank, VICTOR Christina R.
- Publisher:
- Avebury/British Society of Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 293p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Set of papers intended as a contribution to the debate about the future of social policies for older people and the role of community care. Includes chapters on: respite care; neighbourhood support units; domiciliary services and dependency; case management; using housing to fund care; residential nursing homes; and institutional care.
Gerontology: responding to an ageing society
- Editor:
- MORGAN Kevin
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley/British Society of Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 253p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims to provide a representative overview of how contemporary gerontological research is identifying and responding to the issues facing our ageing society, with an emphasis in each chapter on need. Also examines the range of approaches, methodologies and controversies within that response. Includes chapters on: literacy and older adults; health and ageing within ethnic minorities; gender and non-state pensions; groupwork and professional attitudes to old age; the geography of private residential care; policy development at grassroots level; a psychosocial model of dementia; nutrition; the Gloucester study of caring for elderly people at home; and resources, needs and outcomes in community services.