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The health and social care divide: the experiences of older people
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, LITTLECHILD Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 170p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
- Edition:
- 2nd Rev.
Drawing on key research, government policies and real-life case studies, this book assists health and social care professionals to work more effectively together in order to improve services for users and carers. It: explains why partnerships are important and what helps/hinders partnership working; reviews the legal and policy framework, providing a chronological overview and placing current initiatives in their historical and social policy context; summarises existing research findings with regard to key health and social care policy debates; uses case studies to explore the implications of this research for health and social care practitioners; provides good practice guidance for both students and front-line practitioners. The book is designed as an introductory text for those working or training to work in a multi-agency environment. In particular, it will be of interest to social work, nursing, therapy and medical students, front-line practitioners and those undertaking post-qualification training courses.
The Goldilocks question: what size is 'just right' for social care providers?
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Care and Caring, 2(1), 2018, pp.65-87.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Here, we apply the 'Goldilocks' question to social care: what size of care provider is 'just right'? Empirical research to date has struggled to find evidence for an optimal size for public service providers, although policymakers remain keen to suggest that size is a key aspect of organisational performance. The article makes an innovative contribution to this literature, drawing on empirical research with care providers and people who use their services in England. Findings from 143 interviews with people using different-sized care services suggest that micro-organisations (employing five staff or fewer) achieve better outcomes for their cost base than larger organisations, although our study is necessarily exploratory rather than statistically definitive. The salience of size in a social care setting provides a basis for hypothesising that organisational size may be more significant in relation to care than it has been found to be in broader public management literature, though research with larger and more robust samples is needed. (Publisher abstract)