David van Tassel and Peter N. Stearns, editors. Old Age in a Bureaucratic Society: The Elderly, the Experts, and the State in American History. (Contributions to the Study of Aging, number 4.) New York: Greenwood. 1986. Pp. xx, 259. $35.00

1987 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Old Age ◽  
American History ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State

Old Age in a Bureaucratic Society: The Elderly, the Experts, and the State in American History

1986 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 727
Author(s):  
Judith G. Cetina ◽  
David Van Tassel ◽  
Peter N. Stearns
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
American History ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State

Old Age in a Bureaucratic Society: The Elderly, The Experts, and the State in American History

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Vivian C. Fox ◽  
David van Tassel ◽  
Peter N. Stearns
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
American History ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State

scholarly journals The Attitudes of Friendly Societies towards the Movement in Great Britain for State Pensions, 1878—1908

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Treble
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Social History ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The State ◽  
Friendly Societies ◽  
The Individual

The last three decades of the nineteenth century were marked in British social history by a vigorous and far-reaching debate about the causes and incidence of poverty amongst the elderly. By the early 1890s this controversy had produced a sharp cleavage of opinion between those commentators who held that old-age pauperism was largely a product of character defects and those who attributed it to certain social and economic ills which the individual, acting alone, could never hope to remedy. Social thinkers who subscribed to this latter view – the loosely labelled collectivist school of thought – were not content, however, merely with the work of analysis; they were equally anxious to find a panacea for one of the main social problems of the day. In the end the solution they most widely canvassed was the introduction of an old age pensions scheme in which the state would have a vital rle to play. But perhaps of more significance for the development of social services in Great Britain, three of the leading advocates of state intervention endeavoured, in their own distinctive styles, to translate this general declaration of intent into detailed programmes of action.

Carl Salzman et Barry D. Lebowitz (éds.). Anxiety in the Elderly. Treatment and Research. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1991, pp. 320.

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-418
Author(s):  
Philippe Cappeliez
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Geriatric Psychiatry ◽  
The State ◽  
Publishing Company ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Worth Reading ◽  
Medical Perspective ◽  
Etiology Of Anxiety

ABSTRACTThis volume published in 1991 contains the contributions of specialists in the field of geriatric psychiatry who met in 1989 to discuss the state of knowledge on the pathology of anxiety in the elderly. Written from a medical perspective, it contains 16 relatively short chapters divided into five sections which cover topics related to diagnosis, epidemiology, comorbidity, neurobiology, pharmacology, and pharmacological and psychotherapeutical treatments. The major weaknesses of the book reside in its atheoretical stance and its exclusive medical focus. We learn very little on the phenomenology and etiology of anxiety in the elderly, and on therapeutic interventions other than anxiolytics. Still it may be worth reading simply because there is such a derth of literature on anxiety in the elderly. Readers interested in the psychological research on this topic may consult the additional references cited.

Jean Carette et Louis Plamondon (sous la direction de:) Vieillir sans violence. Montréal, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1990, pp. 426.

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-112
Author(s):  
Michèle Clément
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Old Age Homes ◽  
Book Groups

ABSTRACTThis book groups a series of articles presented at a symposium held in Trois-Rivières on October 10, 11 and 12, 1990. It covers the main issues of training and instrumentation of people working in contexts of abuse and violence towards the elderly. Several programs and testimonies of intervention in Quebec are also presented. This is a well-researched book, which, in addition to outlining the broad elements of the issue, gives an analytical presentation of recent publications and tackles the touchy subject of unrecognized old age homes. Therefore, in its composition, Vieillir sans violence offers an excellent synthesis of the state of current knowledge on violence towards the elderly. However, the large number of themes touched upon is somewhat detrimental to a sense of unity. Also, the highly descriptive nature of the texts can at times make for fastidious and arduous reading. Despite these few flaws, this is nonetheless an accessible book that contributes greatly to our understanding of the phenomenon of violence.

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