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Grey matter really matters
— learning opportunities and learning experiences of older people using social care services in England | | Author(s) | Trish Hafford-Letchfield |
| Journal title | International Journal of Education and Ageing, vol 2, no 1, 2011 |
| Publisher | Association for Education and Ageing, 2011 |
| Pages | pp 23-40 |
| Source | http://www.associationforeducationandageing.org |
| Keywords | Services ; Usage [services] ; Adult Education ; Participation ; Needs [elderly] ; Qualitative Studies ; England. |
| Annotation | Until relatively recently, educational gerontology and the social work literature on older people have largely ignored each other in relation to the implications for provision of social care services. There is a growing imperative to converge these two agendas in light of the United Kingdom (UK) government's recent move towards more self-directed care, which has been strongly asserted within its social policies (Putting people first: a shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care; HM Government, 2007). This paper reports on the findings of a small qualitative study in 2009. In-depth interviews conducted with 20 older people using social care services from two different locations in England were used to explore their learning needs and experiences within the context of social care provision. The findings suggest that exploring the nature of learning and nurturing more pedagogical approaches within traditional care provision have potential for achieving a more person-centred approach. Further, the tendency for governments in more 'progressive' countries to depict service users as active, knowledgeable 'consumers' is challenged. Based on a model developed by H Y McClusky (1974), four potential areas or levels of learning were explored in line with contemporary models of service user participation and involvement within the social care literature. The findings from this study tentatively suggests that paying attention to older people's learning needs within social care interventions may offer important vehicles for promoting self-directed care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180316213 A |
| Classmark | I: QLD: GP: TMB: IK: 3DP: 82 |
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