Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.As populations age around the world, there is an urgent need to address the inadequate and unequal provision of care and support to older and disabled people.This book represents the first collective effort to use the concept of care poverty to analyse unmet needs and inequalities in care at an international level and from a social policy perspective. It presents pioneering empirical studies and novel theoretical and...

A sizzling double collection of romances from Mills and BoonIncluding the collectionsWedding Belles and Italian PlayboysTitles Include:Wedding Belles: Summer WeddingsWedding Belles: The Wedding DateWedding Belles: The Wedding PlannerWedding Belles: The Billion Dollar BrideWedding Belles: Falling for Mr WrightWedding Belles: Dreaming of a White WeddingItalian Playboys: Temptations

Texas Ranger Gwen Phillips is one of the most hardworking law enforcement officers in the state of Texas, driven by a childhood event that shaped not only her work ethic but also her dedication to helping find kidnapped children. She witnessed the kidnapping of her best friend and has lived with survivor guilt ever since. So when she is called to rural Pedernales County to help out the local sheriff and his small staff, she’s all business. Her determination to keep things purely on a profe...

Andamooka Bill and the Lights on the Hill describes men's relationships to each other in an Australian outback opal town. The banter, the grit, the gossip, the toughness and underneath it all, the informal supports that enable the men to front up each morning for an iced coffee and a chat about the weather and the news. Their camaraderie belies their rough appearance and speech.With a range of stressors influencing depression and anxiety, the incidence rate among men in rural a...

"Christmas or Bust!"What do a Blue Angels pilot, a bounty hunter and an ex-NFL football player have in common? The three bad-boy bachelors of Snowdon, Maine have to make a friend's Christmas Eve wedding on time or die trying! They're willing to risk anything to make that happen--even dashing through the snow in the goofiest bus on Earth, bright red and filled with a bunch of merry, meddling senior citizens known as the Santa Brigade. All too soon, these men will have met their matc...

This book fills a gap in the market for a book that takes a very practical and applied approach to the subject of ethics and values in social work. It situates values and ethics within everyday social work practice across service user groups giving students a sound grasp of the concepts and how they relate to practice.

Here’s a potpourri of original stories and poems from up-and-coming West Virginia writers, edited by well-known author Victor J. Banis. The anthology includes: “The Reckoning,” “Metamorphosis,” and “The Thief” by Bev Rees; “Rosie and Mac” by Sally Brinkmann; “Dear Ann Landers: Excerpts from a Novel in Progress,” by Craig Tucker; “AIDS Diaries—Francel,” “Day Lights, Night Lights,” and “Hob Knobbin’” by Eve Birch; “Pappy’s Angels,” “Big Easys,” and “A Wildwood Flounder” by Leigh Horne; “The ...