Contains examples of successful service provision for older people from 40 countries. The case studies are organised into the following sections: care at home; community support; empowerment; participation; fitness and well-being; income generation; environment; integrated services; mental health; training for elder care; organisation of services; and older women.
Contains examples of successful service provision for older people from 40 countries. The case studies are organised into the following sections: care at home; community support; empowerment; participation; fitness and well-being; income generation; environment; integrated services; mental health; training for elder care; organisation of services; and older women.
Subject terms:
integrated services, management, multidisciplinary services, older people, social work education, staff, staff management, training, user participation, women, community care, dementia, empowerment, environmental factors, health;
Location(s):
Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ghana, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Japan, Germany, Kenya, Morocco, Netherlands, Mali, Malta, Norway, Pakistan, Mexico, Sweden, Thailand, Singapore, Spain, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, United States, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Post general election edition including many of the concerns raised in the 1997 election campaign. Section 1 looks at current welfare policy and provision in Britain and section 2 examines international developments. Includes papers on: social policy under the Major governments; welfare to work; towards a learning society or towards 'learningfare'; the Family Law Act 1996; charging for community care; funding long-term care; issues facing the social services workforce; the experience of black workers in the social care workforce; the new boundaries of health and welfare in collaborative care; quality services in quasi markets; the relationship between social policy, its producers and consumers; the future of the welfare state; comparing welfare states; family-state boundaries in Europe; familism and selectivism in community care for the elderly - a comparison of the Republic of Ireland and the UK; social policy in Portugal; the welfare state and the Spanish socialists; and East Asian social policy.
Post general election edition including many of the concerns raised in the 1997 election campaign. Section 1 looks at current welfare policy and provision in Britain and section 2 examines international developments. Includes papers on: social policy under the Major governments; welfare to work; towards a learning society or towards 'learningfare'; the Family Law Act 1996; charging for community care; funding long-term care; issues facing the social services workforce; the experience of black workers in the social care workforce; the new boundaries of health and welfare in collaborative care; quality services in quasi markets; the relationship between social policy, its producers and consumers; the future of the welfare state; comparing welfare states; family-state boundaries in Europe; familism and selectivism in community care for the elderly - a comparison of the Republic of Ireland and the UK; social policy in Portugal; the welfare state and the Spanish socialists; and East Asian social policy.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, long term care, multidisciplinary services, older people, policy formulation, quality assurance, service users, social policy, social workers, staff, training, welfare state, black and minority ethnic people, central government, charges, community care, comparative studies, education, families, employment, financing;