TY - JOUR
T1 - Social care
T2 - Time for a name change?
AU - Needham, Catherine
AU - Morris, Heather
AU - Miller, Robin
AU - Ayton, Darshini
AU - O'Connor, Mandy
AU - Hall, Kelly
AU - Skouteris, Helen
PY - 2024/1/29
Y1 - 2024/1/29
N2 - In this debate piece (written by UK and Australian academics), we discuss the utility of the term ‘social care’. This term has been used in the UK for more than 20 years. While not as widely used in Australia, it is understood in both countries to describe the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services for those with needs arising from illness, disability, old age and/or poverty. We conclude that there is space for the ‘social’ in social care if it is framed in relation to the shared human need for care and support. Rather than shifting to the descriptively simple term ‘long-term care’, let us continue to work to make social care more meaningfully social.
AB - In this debate piece (written by UK and Australian academics), we discuss the utility of the term ‘social care’. This term has been used in the UK for more than 20 years. While not as widely used in Australia, it is understood in both countries to describe the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services for those with needs arising from illness, disability, old age and/or poverty. We conclude that there is space for the ‘social’ in social care if it is framed in relation to the shared human need for care and support. Rather than shifting to the descriptively simple term ‘long-term care’, let us continue to work to make social care more meaningfully social.
U2 - 10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000023
DO - 10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000023
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 2397-8821
VL - 8
SP - 553
EP - 558
JO - International Journal of Care and Caring
JF - International Journal of Care and Caring
IS - 3
ER -