Ageing and the Care of Older People in Europe

Download or read book Ageing and the Care of Older People in Europe written by Richard Hugman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-08-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the population of all European countries ages rapidly, understanding the phenomenon of ageing and social responses to old age has become a vital contemporary issue. The diverse ways in which old age is seen across Europe are compared and different forms of care for the needs of older people are examined. With the demise of large institutions, and increasing demands on families and on domiciliary care, the question of inter-generational relations is seen as a key element in the future of old age. It is argued that much is to be learned from cross-national comparisons in developing social responses to old age.