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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.

HISTORY / Native American. --- Old age homes. --- Homes (Institutions) --- Homes for older people --- Homes for the aged --- Older people --- Almshouses --- Housing --- Institutional care

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Institutional care --- Benevolent institutions --- Care, Institutional --- Charitable institutions --- Homes (Institutions) --- Costs --- Evaluation --- Social welfare methods --- Charities --- Public institutions --- Public welfare --- Deinstitutionalization

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The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions. The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing who carers were in the past, where care was provided, and how far the boundary between family and state or informal and organised institutions have changed over time. Eleven international contributors provide a wide-ranging examination of themes, such as child care, mental health, and provision for the elderly and question the idea that there has

Public welfare --- Social service --- Welfare state --- Human services --- Institutional care. --- Benevolent institutions --- Care, Institutional --- Charitable institutions --- Homes (Institutions) --- Charities --- Public institutions --- Deinstitutionalization --- Services, Human --- History.

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Managing Residential Care puts forward suggestions for improving the development of residential care through better management. Extended examples and realistic case studies throughout demonstrate how managers can succeed and how sometimes the powerful forces of mismanagement can obstruct them.

Institutional care --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- Management --- Management. --- Benevolent institutions --- Care, Institutional --- Charitable institutions --- Homes (Institutions) --- Charities --- Public institutions --- Public welfare --- Deinstitutionalization

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Old age assistance --- Old age homes --- Older people --- Homes (Institutions) --- Homes for older people --- Homes for the aged --- Almshouses --- Old age benefits --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Supplemental security income program --- Housing --- Institutional care --- Social policy and particular groups