Reconstruction of Social Work Through Personalisation

About the Book

The growing older people population and their increasing needs for care is now presenting significant difficulties to both national government and local authorities because of constriction of formal caregivers and family units. Inevitably a change of this magnitude within the complex system in which older people services operate everywhere attracts a range of responses from the very enthusiastic to the very dismissive and hostile response. Thus, family directed support care system would provide the possibilities to bridge the gaps within health and social care and the delivery of personalisation for later care for older people in their own home. Older people is no longer interested to be cared in an institutional settings but, wish their care to be provided by those they know well and who are familiar with their needs and standards they are used to.

About the Author

The author is a Gerontologist currently employed by Essex County Council as an operational manager within the Adult Social Care and Community Well-being Department. Prior to this employment, his experience stretched over twenty five years working at various levels in five different Social Services Departments in the UK. He is also a qualified Health and Social Care professional with many years experience in National Health Services. In both Health and Social Care, his professional practices centred on older people services for which he desired to make contributions to knowledge as a specialist in the sector. During this period, his knowledge has been developed with his continuous professional and academic studies at various universities in the UK and he gained his Doctorate Degree in Health and Social Care Policy.