Developing Services for Older People and their Families
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Developing Services for Older People and their Families by Rosemary Bland
Exploring new theory and practice in the provision of services for older people living at home, this book is an excellent source of information for social workers, those working with older people, and lecturers of social work and gerontology.
This book is timely and useful for planners, practitioners and researchersStudents will also benefit from the comprehensive referencing, especially in areas where essays or courses are being planned. Written in a friendly style, the book is divided into three sections. The chapter on housing and support services is particularly illuminating. -- Professional Social Work
Using leading researchers as authors of chapters on discrete topics results in a volume that collects together much of the current knowledge and debate. This makes the information from the research readily accessible, allowing for an overview of the state of knowledge. As such it is valuable for students and practitioners in social work and related disciplines, health in particular. -- Ageing and Society
This compendium of contributions by distinguished academics goes to the heart of the policy and professional practice issues concerning care services for older people. The need to challenge entrenched, negative social attitudes is stressed and ways in which family carers and the service users themselves can play a more active part in deciding their priorities is given prominence. The rather neglected area of housing and its contribution to community-based care is also covered. The book is clearly presented and the text consistently limpid. -- Aslib Book Guide
This book focuses on the service response to older people with care needs and is a useful and accessible text that practitioners and trainers may wish to read themselves and recommend. Contributions from many of the most active researchers in social gerontology are included, a number of whom draw on work published in more extensive forms elsewhere. This has been one of the most helpful features of the Research Highlights in Social Work series. Another useful feature of this series has been its ability to combine the work of Scottish researchers with English colleagues and this volume presents such a mix. -- British Journal of Social Work
As well as presenting research findings about the changes in social work and social services, the volume poses challenges to social work about its own attitudes towards work with older people. -- The Health Service Journal
This is a timely volume, which provides an opportunity to review social work practice for older people six years after the introduction of the NHS and Community Care Act. The first part has useful chapters on the social context and demography of old age…The issues about care management and specialist and non-specialist teams are interesting. -- CAIPE (Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education
It was interesting. Points were well made. Certainly would have a place in the social work library and as a basis for student seminars. -- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Using leading researchers as authors of chapters on discrete topics results in a volume that collects together much of the current knowledge and debate. This makes the information from the research readily accessible, allowing for an overview of the state of knowledge. As such it is valuable for students and practitioners in social work and related disciplines, health in particular. -- Ageing and Society
This compendium of contributions by distinguished academics goes to the heart of the policy and professional practice issues concerning care services for older people. The need to challenge entrenched, negative social attitudes is stressed and ways in which family carers and the service users themselves can play a more active part in deciding their priorities is given prominence. The rather neglected area of housing and its contribution to community-based care is also covered. The book is clearly presented and the text consistently limpid. -- Aslib Book Guide
This book focuses on the service response to older people with care needs and is a useful and accessible text that practitioners and trainers may wish to read themselves and recommend. Contributions from many of the most active researchers in social gerontology are included, a number of whom draw on work published in more extensive forms elsewhere. This has been one of the most helpful features of the Research Highlights in Social Work series. Another useful feature of this series has been its ability to combine the work of Scottish researchers with English colleagues and this volume presents such a mix. -- British Journal of Social Work
As well as presenting research findings about the changes in social work and social services, the volume poses challenges to social work about its own attitudes towards work with older people. -- The Health Service Journal
This is a timely volume, which provides an opportunity to review social work practice for older people six years after the introduction of the NHS and Community Care Act. The first part has useful chapters on the social context and demography of old age…The issues about care management and specialist and non-specialist teams are interesting. -- CAIPE (Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education
It was interesting. Points were well made. Certainly would have a place in the social work library and as a basis for student seminars. -- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Rosemary Bland is a lecturer of social work in the Department of Applied Social Science, Stirling University. She is currently on secondment at the Scottish Office in Edinburgh as an inspector in the Community Care Division of the Social Work Services Inspectorate. Her most recent work is Residential Homes for Elderly People: Their Costs and Quality.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853022906 |
| ISBN 10 | 185302290X |
| Title | Developing Services for Older People and their Families |
| Author | Rosemary Bland |
| Series | Research Highlights In Social Work |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Year published | 1996-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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