This book, now in paperback, revisits Peter Townsend’s classic study of residential care for older people in Britain conducted in the late 1950s. It provides not only a fascinating account of residential care for older people over the last 50 years but is also an important contribution to the literature on research methods.
Table of Content
In Memoriam Acknowledgements PART I: THE CONTEXT Why Revisit ‘The Last Refuge’? Changing Contexts of Care The Study Design and Methods PART II: REVISITING ‘THE LAST...
About the author
JULIA JOHNSON is a Visiting Senior Research Fellowat the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK. She has published widely on the topics relate...
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 285 ● ISBN 9780230290303 ● File size 3.3 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4968690 ● Copy protection Social DRM