Issues surrounding care and welfare affect people in many different ways - it may depend on individual circumstances or on the location and nature of the community. The tracks on this album look at welfare issues faced by different communities across the UK, focusing mainly on care of the elderly, and people with physical or mental disabilities. The album also explores how care and welfare in the community has changed over the years. This material was part of The Open University course K202 Care, welfare and community.
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Transcript -- The experience of a couple being assessed for various care services and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker
Transcript -- The experience of a woman forced to retire due to ill health and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker
A discussion of different care situations with the people involved asked to consider the transactions, either in cash or kind, that their caring relationships entail
Transcript -- A discussion of different care situations with the people involved asked to consider the transactions, either in cash or kind, that their caring relationships entail
The changing provision of social care in Britain over the last seventy years is demonstrated by the transformation of the home help service into home care
Transcript -- The changing provision of social care in Britain over the last seventy years is demonstrated by the transformation of the home help service into home care