The sociology of care : exploring theory, policy, and practice : the case of aging / Jason L. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Jason L., 1971-

Series:

Social perspectives of aging

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Social aspects.

Aging.

Older people--Care.

Older people.

Older people--Services for.

Older people--Social conditions.

Social work with older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publisher's, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the contested concept and theorisation of care and its relationship to ageing. The book analyses the different and complex ways care has been colonised by bio-medical sciences, social policies, and how professional experts have managed it. It also explores the issue of bio-ethics and care and how ethics plays a key role in how individuals may be given access to care or denied due to ethical considerations. The analysis moves to a social account of care in highlighting how recent social policy positions how movements to personalised care can be managed by individuals which raises questions about the nature of power in contemporary society.

Contents:

Intro

THE SOCIOLOGY OF CARE

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF CARE

Chapter 1 SCIENTIFIC CARE OR SOCIAL CARE? THE CASE OF AGING

GERONTOLOGY AS 'SCIENTIFIC' APPROACHES

GERONTOLOGY AS SOCIAL APPROACH

Chapter 2 BIO-ETHICS AND CARE

BIOMEDICINE, SOCIOLOGY AND THE CONTESTATION OF 'TRUTH'

FOUCAULT, TECHNOLOGIES OF SELF AND AGING

PROBLEMATIZING AGING AND ILLNESS

CONCLUSION

PART 2: SOCIAL POLICY AND PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES: THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS

Chapter 3 FROM WESTERN CONSUMERISM TO THE PERSONALIZATION OF SOCIAL CARE

'TAKING AIM' AT PERSONALIZATION

SOCIAL POLICY AND PERSONALIZATION

PERSONALIZATION AND RESEARCH THEMES

(i) Costs and Cost Effectiveness

(ii) Eligibility, Assessment and Resource Allocation

(iii) Planning Support Arrangements with the IB

(iv) Integrating Funding Streams

Chapter 4 SOCIAL WORK, CARE AND PERFORMATIVITY

PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMATIVITY

RETHINKING POWER AND RESISTANCE

PERFORMATIVITY AND PROFESSIONALISATION

'A PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE': SOCIAL WORK, KNOWLEDGE AND SUBJECTION

Chapter 5 POWER, CARE AND DEATH

UNDERSTANDING MICHEL FOUCAULT

ARCHAEOLOGY AND DEATH

GENEALOGY AND DEATH

PART 3: RETHINKING CARE THROUGH TRUST

Chapter 6 TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGY OF 'TRUSTING' CARE

COMMUNITY CARE IN THE UK: CONTEXTUAL BACKDROP

NAVIGATING TRUST IN CARE MANAGEMENT WITH USERS

Individuals, Organisations, Community and Systems

IMPLICATIONS OF TRUST IN COMMUNITY CARE

LINKING CARE MANAGEMENT WITH TRUST AND GOVERNMENTALITY

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [71]-82) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62100-718-9