Supporting people : towards a person-centered approach / Peter Beresford ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beresford, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Great Britain.

Medical care.

Great Britain.

Social service--Great Britain.

Social service.

Physical Description:

xii, 433 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, U.K. : Policy press, 2011.

Summary:

Beresford (social policy, Brunel U.) et al. argue for a person-centered approach to social care in the UK, detailing what such a system would look like, barriers to it, and how they can be overcome. They draw on a project they conducted from 2005 to 2007 (the UK's Standards We Expect) to describe the experiences and ideas of service users, their families, and those who work with them. Chapters discuss the policy and broader context for support and social care; the origins, meaning, and components of person-centered support; barriers in funding, the workforce, informal care, independent living, bureaucratization, preoccupation with negative risk, and practice; ways forward for policy and practice in terms of access to services and participation; and how change may be achieved through different approaches. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1 The Background to Person-Centred Support

1 Setting the scene for social care 15

2 Person-centred support 39

Part 2 Person-Centred Support: Barriers and Ways of Overcoming Them

3 The funding of social care 67

4 The social care workforce 99

5 Social care and carers 131

6 Institutionalisation 155

7 Organisational issues 187

8 Social care practice 223

Part 3 Broader Issues for Person-Centred Support

9 Service user cameos 259

10 Capacity-building for support 275

11 Access to the mainstream 291

12 Participation 315

Part 4 Making Change to Achieve Person-Centred Support

13 Change for person-centred support 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847427625

1847427626

OCLC:

587065004