Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

1 primary work

Old, Alone, and Neglected

by Jeanie Schmit Kayser-Jones

Published 1 January 1981

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.