The authors discuss not only the theoretical arguments about residential care and the degree to which those theories had been verified by research, but also how far the factors considered to be important had been successfully measured, considering the choices to be made between alternative varieties of care that had grown up so rapidly in the previous five years. The authors conclude with an analysis of how their approach should contribute to the discussion of issues that was to be faced by British policy-makers in the 1980s as our welfare systems attempted to cope with the increasing numbers of the very old.
The authors discuss not only the theoretical arguments about residential care and the degree to which those theories had been verified by research, but also how far the factors considered to be important had been successfully measured, considering the choices to be made between alternative varieties of care that had grown up so rapidly in the previous five years. The authors conclude with an analysis of how their approach should contribute to the discussion of issues that was to be faced by British policy-makers in the 1980s as our welfare systems attempted to cope with the increasing numbers of the very old.
Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare
266Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare
266Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781032689685 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 05/10/2024 |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Aging |
Pages: | 266 |
Product dimensions: | 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |