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Learning in later life : challenges for social work and social care / Trish Hafford-Letchfield.

By: Hafford-Letchfield, Trish [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2016Description: viii, 186 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472431004 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Older people -- Services for -- Great Britain | Continuing education -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Learning, Psychology of, in old age | Social work with older people -- Great Britain | Society | SocietyDDC classification: 362.6'73 Summary: Within the UK and Europe, government legislation and policies concerned with demography have asserted a paradigmatic shift towards the increased engagement of older people with public services. Whilst this area has been steadily emerging within the educational field in relation to the lifelong learning of older people, there has been a relative under-theorization and a lack of empirical research however into the lifelong learning needs, opportunities and experiences of those older people using social care who are typically marginalized from these debates and developments. This book address this gap.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Within the UK and Europe, government legislation and policies concerned with demography have asserted a paradigmatic shift towards the increased engagement of older people with public services. Whilst this area has been steadily emerging within the educational field in relation to the lifelong learning of older people, there has been a relative under-theorization and a lack of empirical research however into the lifelong learning needs, opportunities and experiences of those older people using social care who are typically marginalized from these debates and developments. This book address this gap.

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