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Supporting People
Towards a person-centred approachPeter Beresford, Catherine Bewley, Fran Branfield, Suzy Croft, Jennie Fleming, Michael Glynn, Karen Postle
Based on the largest independent UK study of person-centred support and written by an experienced team of authors, this book explores with service users, practitioners, carers and managers what person-centred support means to them, what barriers stand in the way and how these can be overcome.
More infoPaperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99
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Ageing, health and care
The ageing of the population has enormous policy implications for health care. This important new textbook, written by a leader in the field, covers key questions such as the fitness of older people in the future, the widening inequalities in the health of older people and how health in old age reflects habits and behaviour in earlier life.
More infoPaperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99
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Ageing, health and care
The ageing of the population has enormous policy implications for health care. This important new textbook, written by a leader in the field, covers key questions such as the fitness of older people in the future, the widening inequalities in the health of older people and how health in old age reflects habits and behaviour in earlier life.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Managing transitions
Support for individuals at key points of changeDrawing on the best available research evidence, 'Managing transitions' highlights issues common to all experiencing transition as well as the dilemmas specific to particular situations. It addresses significant transitions relevant to policy and practice, covering key transition points in social care from childhood to old age.
More infoPaperback price: £14.39 Usual price: £17.99
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Managing transitions
Support for individuals at key points of changeDrawing on the best available research evidence, 'Managing transitions' highlights issues common to all experiencing transition as well as the dilemmas specific to particular situations. It addresses significant transitions relevant to policy and practice, covering key transition points in social care from childhood to old age.
More infoHardback price: £48.00 Usual price: £60.00
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Valuing older people
A humanist approach to ageingRicca Edmondson, Hans-Joachim Von Kondratowitz
How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a humanistic vision of older people and ageing.
More infoPaperback price: £20.79 Usual price: £25.99
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Valuing older people
A humanist approach to ageingRicca Edmondson, Hans-Joachim Von Kondratowitz
How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a humanistic vision of older people and ageing.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Direct payments and personal budgets
Putting personalisation into practiceJon Glasby, Rosemary Littlechild
This is the first UK introductory textbook on direct payments and personal budgets, summarising the current evidence and implications for policy and practice. Written by leading national experts in the personalisation agenda, the book is essential reading for everyone involved in social care.
More infoPaperback price: £15.19 Usual price: £18.99
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Direct payments and personal budgets
Putting personalisation into practiceJon Glasby, Rosemary Littlechild
This is the first UK introductory textbook on direct payments and personal budgets, summarising the current evidence and implications for policy and practice. Written by leading national experts in the personalisation agenda, the book is essential reading for everyone involved in social care.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Social work in end-of-life and palliative care
Social work should help to strengthen individuals to achieve a respectful death and families to move forward in their lives. This valuable book focuses on practice interventions, advocating open communication and skilled interpersonal practice to help dying and bereaved people, their families and carers.
More infoPaperback price: £15.19 Usual price: £18.99
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Social work in end-of-life and palliative care
Social work should help to strengthen individuals to achieve a respectful death and families to move forward in their lives. This valuable book focuses on practice interventions, advocating open communication and skilled interpersonal practice to help dying and bereaved people, their families and carers.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS
Global issues and policy responsesThe book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on families globally, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of children that are caring for a parent with HIV in the global North and South.
More infoPaperback price: £19.99 Usual price: £24.99
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Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS
Global issues and policy responsesThe book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV/AIDS on families globally, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of children that are caring for a parent with HIV in the global North and South.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Calculating a fair market price for care
A toolkit for residential and nursing homesThis new and updated third edition of the best-selling "Calculating a fair price for care" estimates the potential cost to the public sector of paying fair market fees to a fully modernised care home sector.
More infoPaperback price: £11.96 Usual price: £14.95
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Support for living?
The impact of the Supporting People programme on housing and support for adults with learning disabilitiesRachel Fyson, Beth Tarleton, Linda Ward
This report provides a critical analysis of the impact the Supporting People programme has had on housing and support for people with learning disabilities. It explores not only outcomes for service users, but also the implications of these for provider organisations and commissioners of social care.A free pdf version of this report is available online at www.jrf.org.uk
More infoPaperback price: £10.36 Usual price: £12.95
