Adult Social Care by Ferguson, Iain

Adult Social Care (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781447316169)

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Adult Social Care by Ferguson, Iain

Adult Social Care

$20.95
Adult Social Care by Ferguson, Iain

Adult Social Care

$20.95
Format: Paperback
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Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private care home providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term care of older people should be funded have all given rise to serious public concern. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Iain Ferguson and Michael Lavalette give an historical overview of adult social care. The roots of the current crisis are located in the under-valuing of older people and adults with disabilities and in the marketisation of social care over the past two decades. The authors critically examine recent developments in social work with adults, including the personalisation agenda, and the prospects for adult social care and social work in a context of seemingly never-ending austerity.

Author: Iain Ferguson
ISBN-10: 1447316169
ISBN-13: 9781447316169
Publisher: Policy Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 76
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.30d
By Iain Ferguson
By Iain Ferguson
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Iain Ferguson is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of the West of Scotland. He is a founder member of the Social Work Action Network. Michael Lavalette is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Liverpool Hope University, national coordinator of the Social Work Action Network. Iain and Michael are joint editors of the journal Critical and Radical Social Work.

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