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- catalog abstract "What were the aims of the new community care policy? How has the policy been implemented? How far have the aims of the policy been achieved? These are just some of the questions addressed by the authors of this book. They trace the implementation of the 1990 community care legislation in five local authorities between 1992 and 1994. The book suggests that central government's main aim was to bring social security spending under control. Services issues were always secondary. Nevertheless, implications both for clients and services have been important and often unintended. Local authorities have faced considerable difficulties in implementing the legislation. The process is followed in five local authorities, one county and four London boroughs. Local authorities were faced with a mass of central government guidance and a number of key changes to make. It traces three changes in detail: the implementation of the purchaser/provider split and the creation of a social care market, the introduction of care management, and efforts to collaborate with health authorities. The book compares how the authorities tackled these issues and examined why they approached the tasks so differently. It also analyses the way in which social services departments have changed in the process and the extent to which we are seeing the end of the 'Seebohm' Departments. Implementing the New Community Care will be of interest to students of social policy, health and social welfare and social work.".
- catalog contributor b9489800.
- catalog contributor b9489801.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-220) and index.".
- catalog description "What were the aims of the new community care policy? How has the policy been implemented? How far have the aims of the policy been achieved? These are just some of the questions addressed by the authors of this book. They trace the implementation of the 1990 community care legislation in five local authorities between 1992 and 1994. The book suggests that central government's main aim was to bring social security spending under control. Services issues were always secondary. Nevertheless, implications both for clients and services have been important and often unintended. Local authorities have faced considerable difficulties in implementing the legislation. The process is followed in five local authorities, one county and four London boroughs. Local authorities were faced with a mass of central government guidance and a number of key changes to make. It traces three changes in detail: the implementation of the purchaser/provider split and the creation of a social care market, the introduction of care management, and efforts to collaborate with health authorities. The book compares how the authorities tackled these issues and examined why they approached the tasks so differently. It also analyses the way in which social services departments have changed in the process and the extent to which we are seeing the end of the 'Seebohm' Departments. Implementing the New Community Care will be of interest to students of social policy, health and social welfare and social work.".
- catalog extent "vii, 230 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Implementing the new community care.".
- catalog identifier "0335196098 (pb)".
- catalog identifier "0335196101 (hb)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Implementing the new community care.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press,".
- catalog relation "Implementing the new community care.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "1996 I-435".
- catalog subject "362.1/2/0941 20".
- catalog subject "Community Health Services economics Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Community Health Services organization & administration Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Community health services Great Britain Finance.".
- catalog subject "Health Care Reform Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Human services Great Britain Finance.".
- catalog subject "Older people Services for Great Britain Finance.".
- catalog subject "People with disabilities Services for Great Britain Finance.".
- catalog subject "RA485 .L49 1996".
- catalog subject "WA 546 FA1 L6i 1996".
- catalog title "Implementing the new community care / Jane Lewis and Howard Glennerster.".
- catalog type "text".