From Poor Law to Community Care: The Development of Welfare Services for Elderly People 1939-1971 (2nd edition)

FROM POOR LAW TO COMMUNITY CARE......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
First edition......Page 7
Second edition......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 10
The origins of a research project......Page 12
Theoretical perspectives......Page 17
Changing discourses......Page 18
Outline of the book......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
State provision for elderly people in 1939......Page 23
Public assistance institutions and the 1929 Local Government Act......Page 26
The creation of the Emergency Medical Service and the hospital treatment of elderly people......Page 30
Mass bombing raids: the initial response......Page 32
Towards a policy? The laws of settlement and removal......Page 39
Towards a policy? The dispersal of elderly people from London......Page 42
Towards a policy? The establishment of hostels for the homeless......Page 48
Evacuation and the flying bomb raids......Page 51
The termination of evacuation arrangements......Page 54
Concluding comments......Page 59
Notes......Page 62
The Beveridge Report......Page 70
Voluntary organisations and elderly people in the Second World War......Page 72
The campaign for reform of public assistance institutions......Page 79
The development of domiciliary welfare services for  elderly people......Page 90
Voluntary organisations and service provision for elderly people after the Second World War......Page 106
Notes......Page 113
Introduction......Page 120
The 1946 National Insurance Act and the 1946 National Health Service Act......Page 121
The National Assistance Bill: early proposals......Page 130
The Rucker Report......Page 135
The 1948 National Assistance Act......Page 141
Concluding comments......Page 152
Notes......Page 158
Introduction......Page 164
The organisation of welfare services......Page 165
The elderly sick and the elderly ‘infirm’......Page 167
Bed shortages?......Page 170
The ‘partly sick and partly well’......Page 180
Institutions, dementia and mental health problems in later life......Page 184
The control of access to residential and hospital provision......Page 188
Official guidance on borderline cases......Page 192
The quality of life in residential homes......Page 196
The last refuge: the response of central government......Page 209
Demographic trends and service provision for elderly people......Page 217
Notes......Page 223
Staying at home and care by the ‘family’: the arguments......Page 228
Staying at home and care by the ‘family’: the evidence......Page 235
Who should run domiciliary services?......Page 241
The growth of home nursing and the homehelp service......Page 244
Voluntary organisations and domiciliary services......Page 257
The ‘reform’ of the meals on wheels service......Page 268
Local authorities and the promotion of the welfare of elderly people......Page 275
‘Family’ care and domiciliary services......Page 280
Notes......Page 282
Introduction......Page 286
Arguments for the medical control of welfare services for elderly people......Page 289
Arguments for the social work control of welfare services for elderly people......Page 297
The Seebohm Report and the reorganisation of the personal social services......Page 310
The reorganisation of the voluntary sector......Page 318
Elderly people and the personal social services after 1971......Page 324
Notes......Page 325
Introduction......Page 328
The health and social care interface......Page 329
Lead agency? Lead profession?......Page 331
Cinderella groups, folk devils and family care......Page 332
Key misconceptions......Page 334
Absent voices and new discourses......Page 337
Future prospects......Page 340
Bibliography......Page 342
Index......Page 372