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Options for long-term care: economic, social and ethical choices
- Editors:
- HARDING Tessa, MEREDITH Barbara, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 152p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the debate around long term care and proposes a different approach to planning for future long term care. Concludes that the increase in expenditure needed over the next 30 years is not so great as to be a cause for alarm, though some reinvestment may be needed in the short term. Suggests that affordability is a question of political choice, rather than economic imperatives. Reviews the values underpinning long term care and proposes a broad based strategic approach. Looks at the issues from the point of view of disabled people as well as older people. Concludes with 2 chapters comparing the situation in the United States and in Germany.
Working together on care and repair: a strategic view
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive Development Department
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office/Scotland. Scottish Executive Development Department
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 32p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Care and repair helps people to live independently in the community, complementing community care services. It is a service which supports many national and local objectives in housing, health and social care. Crucially it is highly valued by service users, demonstrated most obviously by their willingness to invest significant mounts of their own money in its services.
The Green Paper: a new contract for welfare?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 143, April 1998, pp.5-6.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
Discusses the main proposals of the Green Paper relating to benefits including provisions for disabled people, prevention of fraud, and modernising services.
The development of quasi-vouchers in Australia's community services
- Author:
- LYONS Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 23(2), April 1995, pp.127-139.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Traces the development within Australia's community services of a method of government support for some of these services which is best described as a quasi-voucher. The essential difference between quasi-vouchers and more conventional methods of support such as grants and contracts is the support such as focused on the consumer of services, not the provider. After a discussion of vouchers as a particular set of tools for government action, the development of such tools is described in four programmes: child care, nursing home care, disability services and home care.
Reviewing changes to the child disability allowance: giving parents a voice
- Authors:
- STRATTON Katrina, DELANEY Joanna
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(2), June 2000, pp.5-11.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A diabetes clinic at a hospital for children in Australia has been concerned at the impact of changes made in 1998 to eligibility for the Child Disability Allowance on families caring for a child with diabetes. A survey of those families was conducted to obtain their views on the changes. Results showed the number of families receiving Child Disability Allowance since the changes was significantly declined. The results formed part of a submission to the Department of Family and Community Services evaluation, giving parents a voice in this process. This project illustrates the capacity of social workers to attempt to impact on social policy within the context of their clinical practice.
Disability and dependency: origins and futures of 'special needs' housing for disabled people
- Authors:
- STEWART John, HARRIS Jennifer, SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(1), January 1999, pp.5-20.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Analyses the provision of housing for disabled people in both its historical and ideological contexts. While the recent extension of part M of the Building Regulations to dwellings by the government represents significant advance towards the inclusion of disabled people, the authors argue that the shift in funding of public housing from a 'bricks and mortar' subsidy to Housing Benefit potentially creates greater dependency. It is argued that if this issue is not addressed disabled people will continue to remain excluded, albeit within accessible dwellings.
Who cares: an overview of the Dutch systems of health care and welfare
- Authors:
- EWIJK Hans van, KELDER Tessa
- Publisher:
- Netherlands Institute of Care and Welfare
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 79p.,list of orgs.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Utrecht
Includes chapters on: general information about the Netherlands; care and welfare; health care and public health; and social issues, financing structure and trends.
Handbook of aging and the social sciences
- Editors:
- BINSTOCK Robert H., GEORGE Linda K., et al
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 552p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- San Diego, CA
Contains sections on: research directions and unresolved issues in ageing and the social sciences; the state of theory in ageing and the social sciences; ageing and human development; economic and social implications of demographic patterns; disability trends; age, ageing and culture; historical perspective on ageing; race, ethnicity and ageing; gender age and the life course; social factors and illness; families and ageing; caregiving and social support; housing; work and retirement; the political economy of ageing; ageing and politics; the financing and health care of older Americans; social protection and services; ageing and the law; and ethics and ageing.