Description
Book SynopsisThis study reflects a growing recognition of the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to contemporary debates about the restructuring of welfare. Drawing on the community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about such key issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, the changing role of residential care and the growing emphasis on provider competition. From community care to market care focuses on the interpretation and development of national policy at local authority level in four contrasting local authorities. The results of the study will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the community care provision of older people.
Trade Review"... a book that deserves to be widely read ..." Journal of Social Policy
"... an important book for both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying social welfare, social work and social policy." Ageing & Society
"... a useful addition to the community care literature and should be included on undergraduate reading lists of community care modules." Ian Shaw, Centre for Medical Sociology and Health Policy, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham
Table of ContentsContents: Setting the scene; Community care and the modernisation of welfare; Targeting, rationing and charging for home care services; The changing role of local authority residential care; The shifting boundaries between health and social care; Towards a mixed economy of social care for older people?; Towards quasi-markets in community care; Developing community care for the future: lessons and issues from the past.
