By: Robin Means, Hazel Morbey, Randall Smith

Hardcover

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This 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 authors outline the development of welfare services for older people from 1971 to 1993, and explore whether service developments in this period were as inadequate as claimed by the proponents of radical change. The continuities and changes in the pre- and post-1990 NHS and Community Care Act systems of community care are also examined. The results of the study should make a significant contribution to the community care provision for older people. The book will be of interest to academic, policy and practitioner audiences.

"... 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

List of tables and figures	p. vi
Advisory Group members	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Setting the scene	p. 1
Community care and the modernisation of welfare	p. 13
Targeting, rationing and charging for home care services	p. 27
The changing role of local authority residential care	p. 49
The shifting boundaries between health and social care	p. 73
Towards a mixed economy of social care for older people?	p. 99
Towards quasi-markets in community care	p. 129
Developing community care for the future: lessons and issues from the past	p. 163
References	p. 179
Index	p. 193
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ISBN: 9781861342669
ISBN-10: 1861342667
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 304
Published: 17th April 2002
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.8  x 1.3
Weight (kg): 0.402