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Foisted upon the government? : state responsibilities, family obligations, and the care of the dependent aged in late nineteenth-century Ontario /

While government officials in the 1890s claimed that forcing families to take responsibility for caring for the aged was in the interest of the elderly, Edgar-Andre Montigny reveals that government policy had more to do with saving money than a desire to serve the aged. He provides a harsh critique...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montigny, Edgar-AndrØ̧e
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Population Aging, Old Age Dependency, and Public Policy
  • 2. Home and Family: A Demographic Profile of the Aged in Nineteenth-Century Ontario: Brockville, 1851-1901
  • 3. Dependency, Employment, and Need among Ontario's Aged: Perception and Reality
  • 4. Families, Neighbours, and Communities: Local Support Systems for the Aged Poor in Nineteenth-Century Ontario
  • 5. Government Policy towards the Dependent Aged in Ontario: Institutions and the Ideal Family
  • 6. Institutions and the Impact of Public Policy on the Aged: The Elderly Patients of Rockwood Asylum, 1866-1906
  • 7. Long-Term-Care Reform and Family Obligations in Ontario in the 1990s.