Adult Social Care (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	April 2014
Editors:	Iain Ferguson • Michael Lavalette
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	76
ISBN-13:	978-1-4473-1616-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	1-4473-1616-9
Barcode:	9781447316169

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