1st Edition
Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1980 old people comprised over half the clients of Local Authority Social Services Departments and accounted for about half of their resources, yet until then residential care of the aged had been a backwater of both research and practice. During the 1970s a large research literature had developed on the subject, particularly in the United States. However, studies had been partial in their... Read more
Preface. Part One: Introduction 1. The Production of Welfare Part Two: Outputs 2. The Psychological Well-Being of Residents 3. Other Outputs Part Three: Inputs and the Production Process 4. Resource Inputs: Labour and Capital 5. Social Environment 6. Personal Characteristics and Experiences Part Four: Conclusion 7. Concluding Discussion. Appendix A: The Life Satisfaction Rating Scale of Neugarten, Havighurst and Tobin. Appendix B: The Use of Bradburn’s Affect Balance Scale with the Elderly in Residential Care. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp
