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Developing Services for Older People and their Families

Edited by Rosemary Bland

Number 29 in the Research Highlights in Social Work series

Paperback: £22.99 / $36.95

1996, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-290-6, BIC 2: JKSG

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Overview, Rosemary Bland, The Scottish Office. Part I: The Social Context. 1. The social construction of age: the effects of ageism, sexism and racism on social work with older people, Chris Philipson and Neil Thompson, University of Keele. 2. The demography of old age: panic versus reality, Tony Warnes, University of Sheffield. 3. The financial services of older people, Christina Victor, St George's Hospital Medical School. 4. Social services for older people in Europe: a view from the observatory, Alan Walker, University of Sheffield.

Part II: Adopting a User-led Approach to Services. 5. New perspectives on housing and support for older people, Bridget Franklin, University of Wales. 6. `I was given options, not choices': involving older users and carers in assessment and care planning, Fiona Myers and Charlotte MacDonald, University of Stirling. 7. The evolution of day services for people with dementia, Julie Curran, University of Stirling. 8. Breaks: whose needs are we meeting? Enid Levin and Jo Moriarty, National Institute for Social Work. 9. The needs of co-residers: support for older spouses and siblings, Gillian Parker, University of Leicester. 10. GP - social services collaboration in community care: report of a pilot study, Gerald Wistow, University of Leeds.

Part III: The Practice Context. 11. Developing skills in care management: a slow process, Alison Petch, University of Glasgow. 12. Specialist teams: are they more effective? Roger Fuller and Emanuelle Tulle-Winton, University of Stirling. 13. Changing practice: professionalism, consumerism and empowerment, Olive Stevenson, University of Nottingham.