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A brave new world of personalized care?
— historical perspectives on social care and older people in England | | Author(s) | Robin Means |
| Journal title | Social Policy and Administration, vol 46, no 3, June 2012 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, June 2012 |
| Pages | pp 302-320 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/spol |
| Keywords | Social welfare ; Health [elderly] ; Community care ; Person-centred care ; Social policy ; Historical studies ; England. |
| Annotation | In England, social care for older people is moving towards a personalised response to need. This article explores the extent to which this represents a complete break with the past by looking at four key reports from the past, namely the Rucker Report (1946) on the break up of the Poor Law, the Seebohm Report (1968) on personal social services, the Griffiths Report (1988) on community care and the Sutherland Report (1999) on long term care. Each report is interrogated in terms of how social care is defined, how services are to be delivered, how quality is understood and the assumptions made about who will be able to access services. The article draws out key continuities in policy assumptions such as the primacy of family and the ongoing debate about `What is social care?' and how it can be distinguished from health care. It argues that the voluntary sector has always been seen as a `key player' in social care. The analysis of the four reports is used to explore the changing role of local authorities in the planning, purchase and provision of social care services for older adults. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121214212 A |
| Classmark | TY: CC: PA: PAA: TM2: HL: 82 |
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