Aged Care - Old Policies, New Problems

Klappentext This important book examines issues and policy responses at national! international and conceptual levels. Zusammenfassung The ageing of the population is a demographic phenomenon! a social problem and a policy issue. In this 1998 book! Diane Gibson provides a broad overview of the issues and policy responses worldwide! together with an in-depth study of Australia and a more conceptual look at theoretical issues and practical consequences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. What's the Problem?: 1. The issues; 2. The Australian policy response; Part II. What's the Practice?: 3. De-institutionalisation and the aged care reform strategy; 4. The feminisation of ageing; 5. Regulating the quality of care; 6. Implementing user rights strategies; Part III. Reconceptualising Problems, Reorienting Solutions: 7. The 'problem of old women' redefined; 8. The Gordian knot: Defining outcomes; 9. Whose rights? Whose responsibility?; 10. The problem of dependency: Construction and reconstruction; 11. New problems, old solutions.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Gibson, Diane (Australian Institute of Health and Gibson, Gibson Diane
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521559577
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55957-7
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, Australia, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, Care of the elderly, Central / national / federal government policies, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Biography: historical, political and military, Central government policies