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The future of community care and older people in the 1990's
- Author:
- MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Policy Making, 18(5), 1992, pp.11-16.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Based on research in four social services authorities, outlines likely developments: increased reliance on informal care, a mixed economy of welfare, expenditure on information systems, the link with housing services and targeting services.
Model for purchasing care for elderly people
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Community Care Support Force, PRICE WATERHOUSE
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Document looking at the financing of continuing care, specifically residential or nursing home care, for older people and at the changes brought about by shifting financial responsibility for older people in need from the DSS to local authorities. Focuses specifically on needs assessment so that the most resource effective packaged of care can be purchased for the user.
Women, oppression and social work: issues in anti-discriminatory practice
- Editors:
- LANGAN Mary, DAY Lesley
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 259p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers a new perspective on feminist social work which takes into account the complexity of manifold oppressions that affect the lives of most women and most social work clients. Includes chapters on: race, class and gender; women in the mixed economy of care; feminism, managerialism and performance measurement; social work education; black single mothers; women with learning difficulties; women in residential work; lesbians, the state and social work practice; and social work and older women.
The management of community care for elderly people - an exploratory study of the impact of the National Health Service and Community Care Act upon residential services for elderly people in England
- Authors:
- OSBORNE Stephen P., GAMBLE Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1992, pp.1-7.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Considers the implications of the move towards a mixed economy of care for the management of residential services for elderly people by SSDs, concentrating on four particular areas: the organisational forms for the ownership of residential services for the elderly, the provision of the relevant managerial skills within the SSD, quality assurance, and safeguarding existing users of residential accommodation from financial hardship. A study of four SSDs identified as being at the forefront of service provision identified four different organisational models - transferring some existing residential services to a charitable trust, establishment of an Employee Shared Ownership Plan, transferring the entire stock to a not-for-profit agency, part-transfer to a Housing Association and a private company whilst retaining some direct provision. A similar range of approaches to the management of service provision and to service quality (one SSD considering the use of BS 5750), suggest that a key issue to be resolved by local authorities is the balance between a competitive market for service provision and continuity of service.