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Working carers: international perspectives on working and caring for older people
- Editor:
- PHILLIPS Judith
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 169p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Presents different perspectives on working carers who care for older people. The publication aims to reflect on the different stages in the development of this issue by looking first at the British perspective; then Europe and finally looking at developments in North America.
The social policy of old age
- Editors:
- BERNARD Miriam, PHILLIPS Judith
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 336p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focusing on the social role of ageing, this study critically reviews policy developments over the last five decades and addresses new, emerging, themes. Goes on to outline a policy agenda for the early years of the 21st century based on an integrated social policy, which addresses the broad needs of an ageing society, as opposed to narrow age based interests or the needs of specific stigmatised groups.