Social Care Flashcards
What is the mixed economy of welfare, in terms of who provides welfare?
State (public sector): Central Government, Local Government
Market (private sector): Employment, Commercial
Voluntary Sector: Charity, Mutual Aid
Informal Sector: Family, Community, Friends
Informal sector (as in friends & family) provide the most amount of welfare
What is the mixed economy of welfare, in terms of What kinds of welfare relations are most significant for social care provision?
State (public sector): Rights, Regulatory Duties
Market (private sector): Occupational States, Disposable Income
Voluntary Sector: Philanthropy, Collective Solidarity
Informal Sector:Kinship Obligations, Local Solidarities, Personal Relationships
In terms of social care, the local government provide the most amount of welfare
What is Social Care Provision?
Meeting needs that are ‘exceptional’ such as needs for “exceptional amounts of care, or forms of care beyond the capacities of families and friends” (Hill and Irving, 2009, p176)
Some people need extra care or support - practical or emotional - to lead an active life and do the everyday things that many of us take for granted; which enables people do retain their independence and dignity.
What kinds of Welfare relations are most significant for social care provision?
It’s very complicated; once money gets involved, things get blurred
What is meant by ‘Exceptional Needs’?
Social care involves meeting needs which are ‘exceptional’
There are questions regarding what is exceptional
By exceptional needs, they usually look at normal day to day activities. Such things are considered exceptional in some circumstances where people aren’t able to do them. These are the ones with exceptional needs.
We usually find these things normal, and take it for granted.
What is the Social Care Act 2014?
Social categories
- Groups of people assumed to require some form of social care
- Older people
- Children
- People with disabilities or physical impairment
- People with learning difficulties
- People with mental ill-health
Types of Services: - The types of services are needed to support the type of needs - Residential care - - Day care home or domiciliary care
Types of Needs:
- Practical e.g. paying the bills
- Emotional: eg dealing with loneliness/ combating the rate of loneliness
- Social
- Physical: general health
What are the issue of separating health and social care?
Issues w funding; as health is in the NHS/social care
Health & social care may both be doing the same thing, or neither
They’re trying to much more efficiently integrate health & social care
Hospitals are the place most people go to, because there isn’t enough social care
This means hospitals are overfilled, and hospital beds are being used up
And those filling the beds actually need social care instead, which means they’re getting inadequate/inefficient services; and resources are not being used to their proper effect
What is the Development of provisions of Social Care?
Residential care was not appropriate for those who needed care
The amount of people with unmet needs increased by 48%, according to one study. But it hasn’t increased according to another.
The NHS is free, but social care is not those requiring long-term social care may have to sell assets to fund for care
