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Politics, locality and resources: negotiating a community care scheme
- Authors:
- MEETHAN Kevin, THOMPSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 21(3), July 1993, pp.195-205.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Reports on the establishment of a pilot community care scheme in York, the Scarcroft Project. Based largely on the principles outlined in the Griffiths Report, the project was established by North Yorkshire SSD to develop and coordinate services for elderly people in an area of York. The initiative is multi-disciplinary in its approach and also involves York HA, York City Council and Age Concern York. Drawing on sociological analyses concerned with conceptualising localities, shows that in this case the decision to close an elderly person's home and reinvest the revenue in community care was the result of a process of compromise and negotiation between service providers and politicians concerned with the allocation of resources at a local level. This in turn is discussed in terms of the implications for consumer involvement in community care.
In their own homes: incorporating carers' and users' views in care management
- Authors:
- MEETHAN Kevin, THOMPSON Catherine
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 60p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
An evaluation of the Scarcroft Project based in York. This is a multi-agency pilot project which set out to test the design and delivery of care packages for older people. Examines the monitoring and reviewing procedures for individual cases, the role of the care manager, and users' and carers' perceptions of the care management process.