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Perspectives on care at home for older people / edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir an...

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Perspectives on care at home for older people / edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir an...

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Perspectives on care at home for older people / edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir and Mary Ellen Purkis.

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Full title

Perspectives on care at home for older people / edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir and Mary Ellen Purkis.

Publisher

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Date

2012.

Call Numbers

N362.14/14

Record Identifier

74VvOKKV6qwd

MMS ID

991008398209702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xiii, 193 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Aging, independence, and community / Mary Ellen Purkis -- Homecare and frail older people : relational extension and the art of dwelling / Joanna Latimer -- Homes for care : reconfiguring care, relations, and practices / Isabel Dyck and Kim England -- "To work out what works best" : what is good in...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2012.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

Subject Keywords

  • Home Care Services
  • Aged
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Long-Term Care--methods

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This volume focuses on how high quality care is provided and the practices and policies that support this. It will offer case studies (both policy- and practice-oriented empirical studies) from countries that share a basic orientation to social welfare: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. This book will be essential r...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Perspectives on care at home for older people / edited by Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir and Mary Ellen Purkis.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 6.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N362.14/14

Record Identifier

74VvOKKV6qwd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvOKKV6qwd

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0203805674 (ebk.)

9780415895903 (hbk. : alk. paper)

0415895901 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9780203805671 (ebk.)

DDC

362.14

MMS ID

991008398209702626

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