Old, Alone, and Neglected: Care of the Aged in Scotland and the United States / Edition 1

by Jeanie Schmit Kayser-Jones

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520069619
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/10/1990
Series:	Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care , #4
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jeanie Schmit Kayser-Jones is Professor of Medical Anthropology and Gerontological Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xviii
1.	An Overview	1
2.	The Institutional Setting	13
3.	Life in the Institution	23
4.	Staff-Patient Interaction at Pacific Manor	38
5.	Demographic Characteristics of the Residents	56
6.	The Care of the Institutionalized Aged	69
7.	Historical Development of Health Care Services	86
8.	Exchange Theory--Theoretical Interpretation	111
9.	Institutional Barriers to Quality Care: Concluding Thoughts	121
	References	135
	Epilogue (1990)	147
	Index	187