Care Services for Later Life Transformations and Critiques

Name: Care Services for Later Life Transformations and Critiques
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ISBN: 9781853028526

ISBN-10: 1853028525

ISBN-13: 9781853028526

Edition: 2001

Authors: Tony Warnes, Mike Nolan, Lorna Warren, Marian Barnes, Ruby Chau

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Care Services for Later Life examines the implications of current economic, social and political trends in Britain for older people. It also takes a critical look at the current situation and assesses the prospects for the future.

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 2/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgements


Preface




Health, welfare and old age: Transformations and critiques




Beyond the body: An emerging medical paradigm




Towards person-centred care for older people




Rationing care




Designing and implementing a National Service Framework




Defining difference: Health and social care for older people




The medical--social boundary and the location of personal care




Older people, citizenship and collective action




The entry to a nursing home: Residents' and relatives' experiences




Discharge from hospital to care home: Professional boundaries and interfaces




The quality of home-care services in Sweden: Consumer expectations and changing satisfaction




Death and dying: Changing the culture of care




Design for later life: Beyond a problem orientation




Older people, telematics and care




Chinese older people in Britain: Double attachment to double detachment




Bangladeshi families in Bethnal Green, London: Older people, ethnicity and social exclusion




Averil Osborn and participatory research: Involving older people in change




Care services for older people: The forward agenda



The Contributors


Subject Index


Name Index