Older People and Community Care sets social and health care practice with older people firmly in the context of the new community care arrangements and the cons

Addressing the needs of older people and their carers is an essential element of both policy and practice in the fields of health and social care. Recent develo

An exploration of how people from different professions and agencies work together to meet the health and social needs of people in a community. It is about mak

This volume introduces the work of the Economic and Social Reseach Council (ESRC) funded Growing Older Programme (1999-2004) and provides a showcase for the oth

"it should be compulsory reading for any nurse working with people who have dementia and should be a core text on courses used to train this profession." Dement