Empowerment in Community Care

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Empowerment in community care....Pages 11-42
Defining participative practice in health and welfare....Pages 43-58
Whose empowerment? Equalizing the competing discourses in community care....Pages 59-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Self-help groups as a route to empowerment....Pages 77-95
Self-help organizations in Germany: possibilities and constraints....Pages 96-107
Peer support and advocacy — international comparisons and developments....Pages 108-133
The third age: a consideration of groups and their activities....Pages 134-144
Not too ‘grey’ power....Pages 145-156
Pensioners’ forums — a voice for older people....Pages 157-169
Gaining confidence — speaking out....Pages 170-183
Practical projects for empowering people in health and social welfare....Pages 184-202
Power and rights: the psychiatric system survivor movement....Pages 203-221
Citizen advocacy and people with learning disabilities in Wales....Pages 222-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Effective support for self-help: some lessons from the experience of the Self-Help Alliance....Pages 243-257
User first — implications for management....Pages 258-268
From ‘elder protection’ to ‘adult empowerment’: critical reflections on a UK campaign....Pages 269-288
Professional fantasies, consumer realities: a carer’s view of empowerment....Pages 289-307
Back Matter....Pages 308-314