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© British Association of Social Workers

Aspects of Old Age

MARY GREEN, B.A., Admin.

Mary Green, qualified as a mature student at Manchester University and Manchester Polytechnic in 1974 and 1975: this paper had its origins as an assessment paper at the Polytechnic. She worked as a paediatric social worker with Manchester Social Services until the summer of 1976. She now lives in Japan and works with the Association for the Advancement of Family Care in Kobe.

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The opportunity of growing old has extended but it is an opportunity attended by risks. When old age is accompanied by infirmity, ill-health and economic or social difficulties, many problems arise for the individual and for society. This paper looks at some aspects of the incidence and nature of old age and at the support provided by social services, and the discussion is illustrated by reference to seven elderly hospital patients. The identity of the person found to be most at risk was predictable.


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