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Public policy writ small — coalitions at the intersection of aging and lifelong disabilities
Author(s)	Edward F Ansello
Journal title	Public Policy & Aging Report, vol 14, no 4, Fall 2004
Publisher	National Academy on an Aging Society, Fall 2004
Pages	pp 1, 3-6
Source	http://www.agingsociety.org
Keywords	Ageing process ; Physical disabilities ; Mental disorder ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Social policy ; United States of America.
Annotation	In the absence of articulated US national public policy that is directed at the well-being of ageing adults with lifelong disabilities and their family caregivers, purposeful, often short-lived local and regional coalitions are creating ways of maximising existing resources to serve these populations. In the process, these coalitions operationalise a "make do" philosophy of services that highlights among other things, the strengths of inter-system collaboration and the weaknesses of piecemeal public policies that have led to insular bureaucracies and narrowly-focused practices. This article outlines key factors in developing coalitions, and then how they succeed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050217214 A
Classmark	BG: BN: E: QK6: TM2: 7T
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