This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care
whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular …

This book explains the changes that have occurred in welfare states since the early 1970s
and considers some of the policy dilemmas that have arisen. Each of the chapters begins …

The introduction of social care markets was one of the main planks of the Conservative
government's community care reforms of 1990. The Labour government, whilst emphasising …

Stories of Care: A Labour of Law is an interdisciplinary study of the interactions of law and
labour that shape paid care work. Based on the experiences of homecare workers, this …

Measuring and assessing service quality in the social care sector presents distinct
challenges. The 'experience'good properties of social care, for instance, and the large …

Older people are intensive users of hospital and long‐term care services. This paper
explores the extent to which these services are substitutes. A small area analysis was used …

This paper describes the circumstances surrounding the physical abuse of persons with
learning disabilities and challenging behaviours in a residential service and the general …

Many welfare states have met with criticism and it has been argued that they are in crisis.
Simultaneously, there has been a greater openness to voluntary work as an alternative to …

Traditional welfare institutions are challenged by the desire to design our own individual
welfare packages. Politically, the response can be to introduce choice in social policy, also …

At the time of writing this chapter, amid the confusion that has infused the aftermath of Patrick
Carter's (2003) review of correctional services (Rumgay 2005), one element of policy …