The Essentials of Community Care: A Guide for Practitioners

by Sharkey, Peter; Campling, Jo

• ISBN13: 9780333772898
• ISBN10: 033377289X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Pubns

Table of Contents

List of figures	x
Introduction	xi
Background to Community Care	1	(20)
Introduction	1	(1)
The social care changes	2	(3)
Health care changes	5	(4)
Variations within the UK	9	(1)
Key objectives of government policies	10	(2)
How did local authorities respond to the funding pressures?	12	(4)
The wider context	16	(3)
Practice issues	19	(2)
Care within the community	21	(17)
Introduction	21	(2)
The response of service agencies to carers	23	(2)
Factors that affect caring	25	(2)
Who are the carers?	27	(2)
Why people do the caring	29	(3)
Caring is complex	32	(1)
The tension between a focus on carers and a focus on independent living	33	(1)
Carers and assessment	34	(1)
Practice issues	35	(3)
The Shifting Boundaries of Community Care	38	(20)
Introduction	38	(2)
The independent sector	40	(1)
Social care	41	(2)
Health care	43	(3)
Housing	46	(2)
Benefits agencies	48	(2)
Private insurance schemes	50	(2)
Shifting boundaries	52	(3)
Practice issues	55	(3)
Care Management and Assessment	58	(16)
Introduction	58	(1)
A case study of care management	59	(4)
The background of care management	63	(1)
Assessment within care management	64	(4)
The experience of care management and assessment	68	(4)
Practice issues	72	(2)
Interprofessional Issues in Community Care	74	(15)
Introduction	74	(1)
Background to the problems	75	(3)
The Labour government and the 'Berlin Wall'	78	(2)
Mental health as an illustration of issues in interprofessional working	80	(6)
Practice issues	86	(3)
Social Support and Community Care	89	(17)
Introduction	89	(1)
Social support and health outcomes	90	(2)
The importance of social support for practitioners	92	(2)
Strategies for partnership	94	(2)
What is meant by network?	96	(3)
The nature of the network	99	(1)
Types of network	100	(2)
Working with networks in community care practice	102	(2)
Practice issues	104	(2)
User Empowerment and Community Care	106	(20)
Introduction	106	(1)
The independent living movement	107	(2)
The social model of disability	109	(2)
Normalisation, ordinary living and supported living	111	(2)
Antiracist and anti-oppressive practice	113	(2)
The growth of self-help groups, user groups and movements	115	(1)
Community development and community care	116	(3)
Models of empowerment	119	(1)
A ladder of empowerment	120	(1)
Social exclusion and regeneration	120	(3)
Practice issues	123	(3)
Adult Abuse and Community Care	126	(17)
Introduction	126	(1)
Adult abuse, child abuse and domestic violence	127	(4)
Definition, types of abuse and prevalence	131	(1)
Institutional abuse	132	(2)
The legal context of abuse	134	(3)
Looking for causes	137	(1)
Intervention and practice issues	138	(5)
Conclusion	143	(3)
Bibliography	146	(10)
Index	156