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Current and future provision of health and social care for older people is explored in this timely study. It draws on examples from Germany, Sweden and the UK to measure the impact of trends including neoliberalisation and marketisation and it considers new solutions to contemporary challenges in a complex care system.

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1. Introduction 2. Discourse, Capital, Intersectionality and Precarity 3. Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Welfare State Models: A Comparative Analysis 4. Failing Health and Social Care in the UK: Austerity, Neoliberal Ideology and Precarity 5. Public Health, Emergency Settings and End of Life Care 6. The COVID-19 Health and Social Care Challenge 7. Innovative Solutions and Cultural Change Appendices

Ageing and the Crisis in Health and Social Care

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 04/11/2021
      ISBN13: 9781447348597, 978-1447348597
      ISBN10: 1447348591
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Current and future provision of health and social care for older people is explored in this timely study. It draws on examples from Germany, Sweden and the UK to measure the impact of trends including neoliberalisation and marketisation and it considers new solutions to contemporary challenges in a complex care system.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 2. Discourse, Capital, Intersectionality and Precarity 3. Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Welfare State Models: A Comparative Analysis 4. Failing Health and Social Care in the UK: Austerity, Neoliberal Ideology and Precarity 5. Public Health, Emergency Settings and End of Life Care 6. The COVID-19 Health and Social Care Challenge 7. Innovative Solutions and Cultural Change Appendices

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