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Regional welfare system developments in Russia: community social services
- Author:
- THOMSON Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 36(2), April 2002, pp.105-122.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Micro-level studies of welfare service developments are largely absent from the literature on Russian social policy issues, which tends to concentrates on macro-level social security arrangements. This paper highlights the emergence of community-based social services in the post-1991 era, examining their development in two provincial Russian cities, based on an empirical study carried out in 1998. The paper adds to a growing literature which seeks to understand "welfare systems" from the perspective of welfare services by looking at their use by, and relevance for, disabled children regarded as having learning difficulties, and their families. The empirical data indicate the shape of "new" services in the field sites, the means by which such institutions were maintained and their integration into the welfare sphere as a whole. Their development and maintenance at the local level is explained in part by socio-economic, political and administrative factors in these regions. By highlighting the various factors that help to maintain welfare provision and drive change at the local level, the case studies indicate the possible shape of future welfare developments in Russia as a whole.
Social care practice handbook
- Authors:
- LEONARD CHESHIRE, SOCIAL CARE ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Leonard Cheshire,|Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- ca. 254p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource covers all aspects of dealing with clients in health care, social care, home car, day care and short-term residential and day-care settings, including fundamental basics, such as respecting clients rights and effective communication. Includes a code of ethics and policy on equal opportunities.
Advisory report proposing changes to regulations and national minimum standards: April 2003
- Author:
- NATIONAL CARE STANDARDS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- National Care Standards Commission
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The NCSC believes the National Minimum Standards need to be amended to cut unnecessary paperwork, close loopholes which could threaten people's quality of care, provide better protection for children and ensure that regulation is appropriate and does not restrict an individual's quality of life. The NCSC has found a number of anomalies and difficulties in the current regulations. For example the current regulations could force children to change hospices the day after their 18th birthday; prevent odd numbers of children from sharing rooms in residential special schools and children's homes; put a significant cost and regulatory burden on organisations offering short holidays for disabled children; and contain loopholes in regulation if care providers go into receivership.
Social care in Europe
- Editors:
- MUNDAY Brian, ELY Peter
- Publisher:
- Prentice Hall
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 247p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of articles looking at the contexts for, and the outcomes of, the diversity of social care provision by the member states of the European Union. The book first addresses how we define social care in Europe and looks at the differences between member states. Goes on to look in more detail at the context for social care provision and the constitutional framework provided by the European Union itself. Further chapters cover Europe's mixed economy of welfare and provide detailed analysis of the impact of social care provision on 3 key clients groups: children and families, disabled people and older people.
Infusing content on older people with developmental disabilities into the curriculum
- Author:
- KROPF Nancy P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 32(2), Summer 1996, pp.215-226.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
Although older people with developmental disabilities (OPDD) are living longer than before and appearing more often as clients of social workers, this population has not been included in the growing effort to prepare social work students in the USA for practice with older clients. Explores the issues unique to OPDD and their families.
Social welfare in Tokyo
- Author:
- TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT. Bureau of Social Welfare
- Publisher:
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Bureau of Social Welfare
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 55p.,tables,illus.
- Place of publication:
- Tokyo
Contains information on the history, geography and population of Tokyo. Goes on to look at social services and benefits provision.
Social rights and disability: the language of 'rights' in community care policies
- Author:
- DREWETT Alison Ysabel
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(1), January 1999, pp.115-128.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Argues that what disabled people mean when they speak of 'rights' is relatively under-developed with regard to health and social services. Furthermore, while a claim, of 'rights' is typically presented as a fairer alternative to the needs-based character of welfare policies, how such an approach would change the delivery of health and social care is unclear. The article draws on a landmark test case involving community care provision in Gloucestershire to explore the problems of a rights-based approach to social justice for disabled people.
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.
Children first: bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold
- Author:
- HARDIKER Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 11(4), 1999, pp.27-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article attempts to steer a course through the complex challenges of bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold. Three case vignettes are provided, which examine the issues in their historical and social policy contexts. Selected examples are outlined of relevant comparative surveys, inspections and evaluations. The author concludes that, overall, the benefits of bringing disabled children within the child welfare fold have outweighed the disadvantages.
Glossary of social care terms: English, French, German, Spanish
- Authors:
- DICKINSON Marian, GREENWOOD Adrian, MITCHELL John
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury