1. Welfare policy : context of community care --;2. Community care : assessing needs, risks and rights --;3. Performance management : causes and effects and their impact on community care --;4. The older person's social care and the enabling service --;5. Intermediate care : implications for service users --;6. Do direct payments offer people with learning disabilities greater choice and control? --;7. Caring for older people : informal care and carers --;8. Promoting inclusiveness : developing empowering practice with minority groups of older people --;the example of older lesbian women and gay men --;9. Eclectic models in working with learning disabled people --;an overview of some key issues concerning health and wellness --;10. Adult protection for community care/vulnerable adults.
Written as a series of self-contained chapters, this book supports students' learning. Offering a number of differing and thought-provoking viewpoints, it takes the reader beyond pure facts and encourages them to engage with the client group and to reflect upon their practice in a more meaningful way.
Older people -- Abuse of -- Great Britain.
Social work with older people -- Great Britain.
Social work with older people -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.