Community Care: A Reader

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-4
Anthology: The Breadth of Community....Pages 5-21
Representations of Community....Pages 22-33
Women and Community....Pages 34-44
The Social Basis of Community Care....Pages 45-51
Neighbourhood Care and Social Policy: Extracts....Pages 52-59
Neighbours....Pages 60-67
Two Views of Community Service....Pages 68-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Introduction....Pages 79-80
Anthology: Care....Pages 81-95
Filial Obligations and Kin Support for Elderly People....Pages 96-106
At Home and Alone: Families and Young Adults with Challenging Behaviour....Pages 107-113
Breaking the Silence: Black and Ethnic Minority Carers and Service Provision....Pages 114-123
Feminist Perspectives on Caring....Pages 124-133
Older Male Carers and Community Care....Pages 134-143
Caring and Citizenship: A Complex Relationship....Pages 144-152
The Principles of Collective Care....Pages 153-159
‘Us’ and ‘Them’? Feminist Research and Community Care....Pages 160-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Introduction....Pages 171-172
Anthology: Policy....Pages 173-184
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Human Need and the Moral Right to Optimal Community Care....Pages 185-195
Community Care Policy: From Consensus to Conflict....Pages 196-220
The Structured Dependency of the Elderly: A Creation of Social Policy in the Twentieth Century....Pages 221-226
When ‘Ordinary’ Isn’t Enough: A Review of the Concept of Normalisation....Pages 227-236
Managing Madness: Changing Ideas and Practice....Pages 237-244
Mental Health Services in the Twenty-First Century: The User—Professional Divide?....Pages 245-253
Housing Choices and Community Care....Pages 254-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Introduction....Pages 263-265
Anthology: Charters....Pages 266-276
Care Management and Social Work....Pages 277-286
The Implications of Information Technology in Social Care....Pages 287-292
The Impact of Quasi-Markets on Community Care....Pages 293-303
Elfrida Rathbone Islington: An Experience of Contracting....Pages 304-316
Disability, Discrimination and Local Authority Social Services: The Users’ Perspective....Pages 317-322
The Right to Make Choices....Pages 323-325
Involving People With Learning Difficulties in Meetings....Pages 326-334
Community Development: Changing Directions....Pages 335-341
Back Matter....Pages 343-351