8 Conclusion: between care paradigms
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Catherine Needham
Abstract
This chapter summarises the findings of the book and considers how policy makers can more productively engage with the tensions between the two care paradigms in order to move towards a more sustainable care system. By making these paradigms explicit, the book exposes key points of difference, and why care reformers often speak past each other because they are focused on different means and ends. The paradigms shape both specific mechanisms for reform as well as broader questions about what sustainability means in a context of care. Drawing out the paradigms enables us to ask questions about wellbeing, fairness, quality, rights and sustainability in care.
Abstract
This chapter summarises the findings of the book and considers how policy makers can more productively engage with the tensions between the two care paradigms in order to move towards a more sustainable care system. By making these paradigms explicit, the book exposes key points of difference, and why care reformers often speak past each other because they are focused on different means and ends. The paradigms shape both specific mechanisms for reform as well as broader questions about what sustainability means in a context of care. Drawing out the paradigms enables us to ask questions about wellbeing, fairness, quality, rights and sustainability in care.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Series editors’ preface vi
- List of figures, tables and boxes viii
- About the authors x
- Acknowledgements xi
- Comparing adult social care systems in the UK 1
- What is social care policy for? 22
- What is in crisis? The context of care policy in the four nations 44
- The mechanisms of social care reform 77
- The outcomes of social care reform 100
- Territorial policy communities: scale, style and scope 127
- The limits of social care reform 152
- Conclusion: between care paradigms 171
- References 180
- Index 207
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Series editors’ preface vi
- List of figures, tables and boxes viii
- About the authors x
- Acknowledgements xi
- Comparing adult social care systems in the UK 1
- What is social care policy for? 22
- What is in crisis? The context of care policy in the four nations 44
- The mechanisms of social care reform 77
- The outcomes of social care reform 100
- Territorial policy communities: scale, style and scope 127
- The limits of social care reform 152
- Conclusion: between care paradigms 171
- References 180
- Index 207
