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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montigny, Edgar-AndrØ̧e
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
Series:McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 6.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Older people > Government policy > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Older people > Home care > Government policy > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Older people > Ontario > Social conditions.
Health Services for the Aged > history
Long-Term Care > history
Health Policy > history
Personnes âgées > Soins à domicile > Politique gouvernementale > Ontario > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Personnes âgées > Politique gouvernementale > Ontario > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Personnes âgées > Ontario > Conditions sociales.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Eldercare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
Older people > Government policy
Older people > Social conditions
Ontario
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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