Essentials of Community Care

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1 Background to Community Care -- Introduction -- The social care changes -- Variations within the United Kingdom -- Key objectives of government policies -- How did local authorities respond to the funding pressures? -- Healthcare changes -- The wider context -- Practice issues -- 2 Care Within the Community -- Introduction -- The response of service agencies to carers -- Factors that affect caring -- Who are the carers? -- Why people do the caring -- Caring is complex -- The tensions between a focus on carers and a focus on independent living -- Is informal care becoming 'commodified'? -- Carers and assessment -- Practice issues -- 3 The Shifting Boundaries of Community Care -- Introduction -- The independent sector -- Housing -- Benefits and insurance providers -- Social care -- Healthcare -- Shifting boundaries -- Practice issues -- 4 Care Management and Assessment -- Introduction -- A case study of care management -- Assessment within care management -- From 'needs' assessment to 'risk' assessment -- Reviews -- The experience of care management and assessment -- Case management and long-term conditions -- Practice issues -- 5 Interprofessional Issues in Community Care -- Introduction -- Background to the problems -- Partnership and integrated care -- Hospital discharge - at the 'fault line' of interprofessional working -- Mental health as an illustration of issues in interprofessional working -- Practice issues -- 6 Social Support and Community Care -- Introduction -- Social support and health outcomes -- Social capital -- Strategies for partnership -- Transitions and community care -- What is meant by network? -- The nature of the network -- Different types of network -- Working with networks in community care practice.