Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- one Introduction
- two Evacuation and elderly people in the Second World War
- three Civilian morale and elderly people: the emergence of ‘reforms’ in residential and domiciliary welfare services
- four The 1948 National Assistance Act and the provision of welfare services for elderly people
- five Issues in residential care
- six Avoiding institutional care: the changing role of the state, the family and voluntary organisations
- seven The restructuring of welfare services for elderly people
- eight Community care and older people: reflections on the past, present and future
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- one Introduction
- two Evacuation and elderly people in the Second World War
- three Civilian morale and elderly people: the emergence of ‘reforms’ in residential and domiciliary welfare services
- four The 1948 National Assistance Act and the provision of welfare services for elderly people
- five Issues in residential care
- six Avoiding institutional care: the changing role of the state, the family and voluntary organisations
- seven The restructuring of welfare services for elderly people
- eight Community care and older people: reflections on the past, present and future
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- Index
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- Chapter
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- From Poor Law to Community CareThe Development of Welfare Services for Elderly People 1939-1971, pp. vPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 1998