The article reports on the anticipated decline in public sector investment in social care in Scotland. According to sector leaders, the reduction will make it more difficult for social work departments to meet policy targets set by the Scottish executive. Benny McLaughlin, managing director of ...
Firstly, this chapter offers an overview of the transformations in social care in England. It discusses the implications of neoliberal policy objectives that have driven the changes, primarily individual responsibility and consumer choice, for older people who need care. It then turns to focus on th...
the nature of the delivery, management and coordination of that care; the development by Social Services Departments (SSDs) in England and Wales and Social Work Departments (SWDs) in Scotland of their patterns of provision; and the direct and indirect costs of social care for those with HIV-...
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It has since devolved into four separate entities, NHS England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (NHS England, 2016), with the aim to ensure each meets the needs of their own local community by utilizing local resources. Devolved nations have developed their own methods of health delivery....
Social crofting is a type of care farming, which is increasingly prominent in the UK context and beyond, but under-developed in Scotland. Drawing from the existing literature, we apply a wellbeing lens to the unique conditions of crofting in rural Scotland through the concept of ‘spaces of...
In partnership with PA Network Scotland, SPAEN continues to invite potential social carers (Personal Assistants) to register and offer their support and services to people in their local community who may have been affected by staffing shortages or the short-notice with...
Health and Welfare Services in Scotland. Report for 1962. 被引量: 100发表: 1962年 Social Contact, Cultural Marginality or Economic Self-Interest? Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Northern Ireland Although scholars of mass political behaviour have proposed various explanations for why an individual would...
(See “The Formal and Informal Care Workforce.”) In addition, social-service networks should include not only formal medical providers but also private-sector and nonprofit entities, which may be able to offer specialized services to certain individuals. In Scotland, for example, nonprofits op...
extraction and processing of peat was established to provide employment in rural areas (Clarke, 2010). Peat production in England (until recently), Scotland, Germany, the Baltic States, and Scandinavia is predominantly carried out in rural areas. Production of coir in Sri Lanka and India is focu...