Green Susie, Involving people in healthcare policy and practice, 2007, 192pp., ISBN; 10-185775-773-4
✍ Scribed by Dr K Birch
- Book ID
- 102253911
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-6753
- DOI
- 10.1002/hpm.974
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✦ Synopsis
Drawing on data from the previous chapters, Chapter 8 seeks to evaluate the convergences and divergences of home care governance by discussing 'the issues and tensions that underlie governing arrangements regarding the funding, provision and rules of home care across the various countries. '(p. 172). The conclusion here is that there is divergence rather than convergence with many contradictions and tensions still remaining in the governance of home care services.
This is an exhaustive text, soundly rooted in 'social policy', which contains a wealth of detailed information on home care: a topic of welfare policy that is little studied and, as the authors indicate, is hardly discernable in international statistics on spending, but is crucial to the health and well being of many older people. Whilst at times it does feel somewhat over-ambitious in its coverage with depth being sacrificed for breadth, it nonetheless provides an extremely useful initial analysis of home care governance in the nine countries studied and is a useful basis for further research in this area. It will be of interest to researchers and students of social policy, particularly those who are interested in undertaking comparative studies, as well as to senior managers in health and social services (national and local levels), who plan to develop and commission home care services for older people.