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Social Gerontology and Social Work
Paul Brearley studied politics at Leicester University and social work at Sheffield University
Summary
This paper reviews developments in the study of ageing as an individual and social experience and it considers recent studies of practical services for the elderly. In so doing it aims to highlight the ways in which social work skills and helping techniques can be developed. It also relates the findings of studies of service delivery to the elderly to the development of future policy.