Old, Alone, and Neglected

Old, Alone, and Neglected
Author: Jeanie Schmit Kayser-Jones
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2023-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520342402
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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.