Social work, social policy and older people / 

 - Exeter :  Learning Matters,  2011. 
 - xvi, 192 p. :  ill. ; 
 - Thinking through social work .
<br/><br/>Why do social work practitioners need to know about social policy? ; Before the welfare state: older people in the Edwardian era ; The creation of the welfare state: the end of the Poor Law and a new beginning ; From state welfare to a mixed economy: the era of community care / Robert Johns -- The lived experience of older people in Britain today: demographics and diversity / Dawn Ludick and Robert Johns -- Older people, social policy and empowerment: more choice, more say? / Nicolette Wade and Robert Johns -- Local and global / Robert Johns -- Conclusion: making sense of social policy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781844453498 1844453499  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social service<br/>Older people
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MED HQ1064.G7  / S635