Social Gerontology: New Directions [Paperback]

Editors Introduction.? Introduction: The Case for a Critical Gerontology?Chris Phillipson and Alan Walker??Part One: Research Influence on Policy and Practice??1. The Research-Led Attack on Sheltered Housing and its Policy Implications: A Review of Recent Studies?Graham Fennell and Ann Way? 2. Illuminating and Influencing Local Policy and Practice?David J. Hunter??3. Research as an Instrument for Implementing Service Provision for Elderly People: The Case of Newham Health Authoritys Elderly Screening Project?Catherine Itzin? 4. Housing for Frail Elderly People  The Context, Early Findings and Question Marks?Anthea Tinker and Bill Bytheway??Part Two: Issues for Social Policy??5. New Managerialist Argument and the Supply and Financing of Care?Bleddyn Davies? 6. Public Money and Private Care: Paradoxes and Problems?Sally Baldwin and Anne Corden??7. Women and Occupational Pension Provision: Past and Future?Dulcie Groves??Part Three: Ageing in Europe??8. Primary Social and Health Services for the Aged in Greece?A.S. Dontas? 9. The Elderly in Poland: An Overview of Selected Problems and Changes?Brunon Synak? 10. Economic Activity of the Elderly in Turkey: An Analysis of Urban and Rural Populations?A.A. Gurkan and C.J. Gilleard? 11. Responses to Health and Social Problems in Old Age?Hans Thomae??Part Four: Considerations for Care in the Community??12. Care in the Families of Redundant Welsh Steelworkers?Bill Bytheway? 13. Empowering Carers: Bexley ACE, the Bexley Community Care Scheme and the Health Service?Carol Foster and Nan Maitland? 14. Cornwalls Gaza Strip: Administrative and Cultural Constraints to Geriatric Care inlS@