Old, Alone, and Neglected: Care of the Aged in the United States and Scotland

Author/Contributor(s):	Kayser-Jones, Jeanie Schmit
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	09/10/1990
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

As the median age of the population increases, the care and housing of the elderly in the U.S. are of increasing concern. Jeanie Kayser-Jones compares a typical private institution in the U.S. with a government-owned home in Scotland.

Her analysis compels attention to the systematic abuse of the institutionalized elderly in the U.S.