Add to ORKGThis chapter examines some ethical and political challenges generated by the increasingly complex needs of an ageing society upon social work. It concentrates on the UK as a case study and critically evaluates related age-graded policies and practices relating to social work and care. The chapter includes a discussion of the on-going tensions between social diversity within an ageing society and the shrinking of formal care provision, alongside the impact of professional codes of ethics
Shifting national policy in the UK emphasizes choice, independence and social inclusion for older pe...
Living into older ages is changing from an exceptional to an expected part of the life course experi...
What are the implications of current economic, social and political trends in Britain for older peop...
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Routledge Handbook of...
This chapter discusses expert practice and the provision of social work with older people in the UK ...
Any account of social work with older people in Europe has to grapple with a number of definitional ...
Social work with older people has often been regarded as low status and dominated by medicalised con...
This chapter summarises the highlights that previous chapters offered and draws attention to the les...
Ageing, meaning and social structure is a unique book advancing critical discourse in gerontology an...
Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological social work a...
Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological social work a...
While social exclusion has been identified as a major issue facing older Australians, it has not yet...
Social work practice in the twenty-first century is continually changing. Contemporary practitioners...
Social workers in one multi-ethnic area of UK were interviewed on the subject of elder abuse. They p...
Welfare systems are becoming ever more conditional, with access to state support increasingly ration...
Shifting national policy in the UK emphasizes choice, independence and social inclusion for older pe...
Living into older ages is changing from an exceptional to an expected part of the life course experi...
What are the implications of current economic, social and political trends in Britain for older peop...
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Routledge Handbook of...
This chapter discusses expert practice and the provision of social work with older people in the UK ...
Any account of social work with older people in Europe has to grapple with a number of definitional ...
Social work with older people has often been regarded as low status and dominated by medicalised con...
This chapter summarises the highlights that previous chapters offered and draws attention to the les...
Ageing, meaning and social structure is a unique book advancing critical discourse in gerontology an...
Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological social work a...
Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological social work a...
While social exclusion has been identified as a major issue facing older Australians, it has not yet...
Social work practice in the twenty-first century is continually changing. Contemporary practitioners...
Social workers in one multi-ethnic area of UK were interviewed on the subject of elder abuse. They p...
Welfare systems are becoming ever more conditional, with access to state support increasingly ration...
Shifting national policy in the UK emphasizes choice, independence and social inclusion for older pe...
Living into older ages is changing from an exceptional to an expected part of the life course experi...
What are the implications of current economic, social and political trends in Britain for older peop...