Centre for Policy on Ageing
 

 

A family concern
 — elder abuse in British social policy
Author(s)Simon Biggs
Journal titleCritical Social Policy, issue 47, vol 16, no 2, May 1996
Pagespp 63-88
KeywordsElder abuse ; The Family ; Social policy.
AnnotationDescribes the development of a social policy response to elder abuse in Britain, and suggests that Government concern about the erosion of family values and the implementation of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act have resulted in elder abuse being viewed as a problem of informal care within family settings.
Accession NumberCPA-960522042 A
ClassmarkQNT: SJ: TM2

Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.
 

CPA home >> Ageinfo Database >> Queries to: webmaster@cpa.org.uk