Managing Residential Care

This book seeks to analyze what is wrong with residential care and proposes how it can be managed well. It covers the economic and political contexts of residential care, the practicalities of managing care, and the role of outside organizations, including inspection, local authorities, charities, private care companies, and housing associations. Examples demonstrate both how managers can succeed and how the forces of mismanagement obstruct them.

This volume seeks to analyze what is wrong with residential care and proposes how it can be managed well. It covers the economic and political contexts of residential care, the practicalities of managing care, and the role of outside organisations, including inspection, local authorities, charities, private care companies and housing associations. Examples demonstrate both how managers can succeed and how the forces of mismanagement obstruct them.