ELDER care, NURSING, SOCIAL services, MEDICAL care, MENTAL health
Abstract
It remains to be seen whether the plight of the elderly simply a slogan of pensioner polemics or is it a reflection of social realities. It is still unclear whether the present provisions of the medical, nursing and social services match the needs of the eight and a half million people in Great Britain of retirement age. Their numbers have doubled over the last 50 years from 8% to 16% of the population. The elderly now occupy 44 % of both general medical and mental illness beds in hospitals. In the Great Britain special residential accommodation and home nursing visits have both risen by a third in the last 10 years.
Published
1973
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