Journal of Care Services Management

Journal of Care Services Management

Contents

Editorial
Have macro-economic changes affected the value of UK care homes?
Jon Chapman

Keynote article
The strategic direction for social services in Wales
Gwenda Thomas AM

Practice papers
Star ratings: How will they work for providers?
Paul Snell

Care homes: Caring and homely? But how?
John Burton

Joining the dots: The case for joint commissioning
Nigel Walker

Telecare and the future of social care
Kevin Alderson

The PINC programme: A report on the implementation of a programme to improve neurological palliative care at the end of life
Judi Byrne and Pam McClinton

New tax relief changes for 2008 and the energy performance link
David Rees

Funding for assisted living
Paul Moran

Feeling the squeeze, Part 2: How care sector borrowers can be rescued from a breach of banking arrangements caused by poor property value
Estelle Clarke

Research paper
Reforming healthcare through information and communication technologies
Simon Brownsell, Hazel Aldred, Tracey Young and
Mark Hawley