Active Ageing and Demographic Change: Challenges for social work and social policy. Book Review

book review: understanding social policy

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Social policy and population ageing: challenges for north and south.

Reconstructing Social Policy and Ageing

This article draws from the work of Michel Foucault to reconstruct an understanding of social policy and ageing in contemporary Britain. In many ways, policy provides three trajectories for older people; first, as independent self-managing consumers with private means and resources; second, as people in need of some support to enable them to continue to self-manage and third, as dependent and u...

Social Work Intervention Challenges for an Abused Elder Client

Introduction: Increasing abusing elders in developing countries, including Iran, is undeniable. While governments and people in developed countries are ready to meet this challenge, developing countries have no clear vision for it. In this article, a case of abused elder women and the challenges which the social worker encountered in her intervention have been reported.  Case Description: A sev...

women and social issues (book review)

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