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Realising participation
— elderly people as active users of health and social care | | Author(s) | Kathryn Roberts, Tom Chapman |
| Publisher | Ashgate, Aldershot, 2001 |
| Pages | 264 pp |
| Source | Ashgate Publishing, Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 3HR. |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Consumer ; Participation ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | It is hypothesised that over 70s are the most "critical" age group for testing whether user-oriented policies have a real and consequential role in the delivery of welfare. This study also argues that older people are least likely to expect to "make a difference" in their own care. The authors trace the origins of user participation in the welfare state up to 1979, and explore policy documentation and guidance issued by the Department of Health (DoH) under Conservative administrations between 1979 and 1997. Relevant literature on older people's social and economic position in the UK is reviewed, and the methodology used in this study is discussed. Interpretation of the findings are considered in terms of barriers and enablers, and social differentiation in using health and social care. Paternalism and consumerism emerge as two extremes in the user-provider relationship. This study is one of a series of reports on the organisation and delivery of health and social care carried out by researchers at the Centre for Health Research and Evaluation, Edge Hill, Lancashire. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011203222 B |
| Classmark | L: I: QLD: WY: TMB: 3F |
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