Look after yourself: Active ageing, individual responsibility and the decline of social work with older people in the UK

European Journal of Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 322-335

  Lloyd, Liz ^a   Tanner, Denise ^b   Milne, Alisoun ^c   Ray, Mo ^d   Richards, Sally ^e   Sullivan, Mary Pat ^f   Beech, Christian ^g   Phillips, Judith ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active ageing; community work social development; demographic trends; older people; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924038514     PISSN: 13691457     EISSN: 14682664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2013.829805     Document Type: Article

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