{"product_id":"the-health-and-social-care-divide-the-experiences-of-older-people","title":"The health and social care divide: The experiences of older people","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The health and social care divide: The experiences of older people (Hardcover, 176 pages) – Policy Press, 2004. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eDrawing on key research, government policies and real-life case studies, the book assists health and social care professionals to work more effectively together in order to improve services for users and carers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The health and social care divide:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e explains why partnerships are important and what helps\/hinders partnership working;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e reviews the legal and policy framework, providing a chronological overview and placing current initiatives in their historical and social policy context;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e summarises existing research findings with regard to key health and social care policy debates;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e uses case studies to explore the implications of this research for health and social care practitioners;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e provides good practice guidance for both students and front-line practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n        About the Author   Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care and Head of the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham. A qualified social worker by background, he has been a board member of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, is NHS Non-Executive Director and sits on the Board of Birmingham Children’s Trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosemary Littlechild is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Birmingham. She is a qualified social worker and her research and publication interests are in work with older people, community care, partnership working between social care and health services, and service user and carer involvement.      ","brand":"Jon Glasby, Rosemary Littlechild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069682045162,"sku":"9781861345264","price":94.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61Hxjxk1nsL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781217357","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/the-health-and-social-care-divide-the-experiences-of-older-people","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}