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Care of Europe's older people
- Author:
- DAYE Gertaud
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 6(2), July 2005, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This paper explores dignity from the viewpoint of older Europeans themselves. General recommendations concerning policies for older persons are considered together with commitments included in action plans on aging, in relation to the questions of to what extent these texts can be seen as a means to guarantee the dignity of the older person? The inter-relatedness of recommendations concerning health, labour market and those on social protection policies are stressed and the impact on the dignity of older citizens highlighted. The use of language is explored, as is the presentation of older persons in the media and advertising and the impact on dignity. The paper also questions whether dignity, or rather the loss of dignity, is experienced similarly by all groups of older persons. Is there a difference for men and women, for persons from ethnic minorities and for persons with a disability who are becoming old? Finally it considers what kind of care we want when we are old - how do we wish to be taken care of once we are no longer able to live fully independent lives in our own homes?
Housing and social policy: contemporary themes and critical perspectives
- Authors:
- SOMERVILLE Peter, SPRINGINGS Nigel, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 264p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book looks at the changing nature of housing policy in the UK and how it relates to the economy and society generally. Contributors to the book consider the effects of market forces and state action on low-income households, different social classes, women, minority ethnic groups, and disabled people. It is argued that housing is a key focus for economic development, for social justice, for everyday lived experience, for class struggle, for gender and racial divisions, for organising the life course, and for physical and social regeneration.
Housing, social policy and difference: disability, ethnicity, gender and housing
- Authors:
- HARRISON Malcolm, DAVIS Cathy
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 156p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Examines issues of disability, ethnicity and gender in housing policies and practice. Begins by discussing the interplay between difference, agency and structural factors, noting the broad features of housing trends, policies and experiences. Specific chapters consider disability, race and gender. A final chapter draws the conclusion that housing practices and experiences are diverse, but social regulation still constrains individuals' choices in powerful ways.
Embodying the social: constructions of difference
- Editor:
- SARAGA Esther
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 223p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the problem of why we treat forms of social differences as if they were the consequences of biology. Treats difference as being produced by processes of social construction and addresses general questions about how to analyse these processes in relation to social differences, social problems, and social welfare. Also explores these in relation to patterns of social differentiation, using case studies of racialised differences, sexuality, and disability.
Understanding poverty
- Author:
- ALCOCK Pete
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 301p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd
Provides a review of research on, and debates about, the problem of poverty in the 1990s. Covers the definition and measurement of poverty, its distribution and causes, and the development of anti-poverty strategy. Also looks at: the dynamics of deprivation; the 'underclass'; poverty in Europe and beyond; defining and measuring poverty; gender, racism, ageing and disability; social security policy; welfare rights; and the politics of poverty and the welfare state.
In an beyond New Labour: towards a new political ethics of care
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Fiona
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 21(4), November 2001, pp.467-493.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Argues for a political ethics of care to balance New Labour's current preoccupation with the ethics of paid work. However, care as a practice invokes different experiences, meanings, contexts and multiple relations of power. The article traces the development of the concept of care taking up, in particular, challenges and differences raised by disability, race and migration. These offer important insights for a new political ethics of care whose key dimensions are spelled out in the final part of the article.
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.
Housing and social exclusion
- Editor:
- SPIERS Fiona E.
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 200p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines social housing provision in the context of current and historical practice. Argues that homeless people, particularly those with mental health problems, run an increasing risk of being socially excluded. Discusses potential strategies for combating exclusion, and highlights the changes in ownership patterns in the social housing sector. Other issues addressed include: state intervention; what the private sector can contribute; how legislation can affect the homeless; homeless people from black and minority ethnic groups; and housing the growing number of homeless people with disabilities.
Community care, ideology and social policy
- Author:
- COWEN Harry
- Publisher:
- Prentice Hall
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 262p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hemel Hempstead
Offers a comprehensive evaluation of community care strategies within the context of government social policy, and assesses the shifts in political power from Conservative to Labour towards the end of the century. Includes chapters on: the history of community care; health services and community care policy; social services, community care and the market; older people and community care; disabled people; mental health, homelessness and housing policies; women and community care; black and minority ethnic groups; and citizenship, participation and community care.
Race and community care
- Editors:
- AHMAD Waqar I. U., ATKIN Karl
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 196p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Critical introduction to the area of race and community care. Considers the radicalised constructions of community and provides a historical account of the relationship between state welfare and minority ethnic communities, the nature of family obligations and the processes of social change. Provides case studies in race and community care by focusing on disability, mental health, cash for care, and the role of the voluntary sector.