Increasing care options in the countryside: Developing an understanding of the potential impact of personalization for social work with rural older people

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1452-1469

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

older people; personal budgets; Rural services; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954991338     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp038     Document Type: Article

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