Asset-based approaches, older people and social care
An analysis and critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11202145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary E Daly (0000-0003-0278-3232), Mary Daly (0000-0003-0129-0989), Mary C Daly (Oxford Policy Management, corresponding author), Sallie Westwood (0000-0003-3875-9584, Keele University), SUE WESTWOOD |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1087-1099 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x17000071 |
| OpenAlex | W2603744028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 14 |
Asset-based thinking is increasingly prevalent in health policy and is to be found also in discourses on social care. This article explores and critiques the applicability of asset-based approaches to social care for older people, using Carol Bacchi's analytical framework to consider developments in the United Kingdom especially. The problem construction, assumptions and suggested solutions underpinning an asset-based approach are considered in turn. The paper draws two major conclusions. The first is that, while it has potential application to the field, the key assumptions and objectives of the asset-based approach do not hold well for social care and therefore adopting the approach carries risks. The paper concludes, secondly, that an asset-based approach is ‘over-promised’ in the sense of being insufficiently theorised and lacking empirical evidence. A number of suggestions are made for greater critical interrogation, improved empirical evidence and closer scrutiny of the policy ‘solutions’ associated with assets-related thinking
Asset (computer security) · Economics · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Scrutiny · Social care · Sociology · Underpinning · Computer Science · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
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| Citations per year | 3,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |