Social Work, Social Policy and Older People (Thinking Through Social Work Series) - Softcover

Fantastic book as it deals effectively with three huge topics that are inextricably linked to be relevant to both practitioners and academics.

It is essential for social work students to know about social policy, to know why studying social policy is important in the social work degree, and to understand how social policy, when implemented, has a real impact on the everyday life of vulnerable people. This book provides plenty of examples of this impact, tracing the development of welfare provision for older people right through the twentieth century, leading up to an analysis of contemporary developments, which students will need to know about in order to practice effectively.