Services for elderly people : choice, participation and satisfaction /
Isobel Allen ... [et al.].
- London : Policy Studies Institute, c1992.
- 362 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-331).
Introduction -- Elderly people in the community: informal care -- Elderly people in the community: formal care -- Choice and participation in the package of care -- At the margin of residential care -- Elderly people in residential care: informal care -- Elderly people in residential care: formal care -- The move into residential care -- Living in a residential home -- The social work task in the community -- Getting into the system: the professional view -- Residential care: the professional view -- Views on the future of social work with elderly people -- Discussion of findings -- Policy implications of key findings.