Full Description
First Published in 1998. This is Volume X of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Written in 1957 this text provides a review of social provision for old age in Great Britain. This book is intended to make a general review, in the light of the considerable literature of research and discussion now available, of the foundations of present-day social policies for old age; and to examine some of the perplexing open questions which those policies expose.
Contents
Chapter 1 Producers and Dependants; Chapter 2 Employment of Older Workers—(1) Ageing and Industry; Chapter 3 Employment of Older Workers— (2) Reasons for Retiring or Continuing at Work; Chapter 4 Pensions; Chapter 5 Housing; Chapter 6 Residential Care and Domiciliary Welfare Services; Chapter 7 Medical Care;



