The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward
1944 1944 1940s 34 pages in air-raid shelters and many were bombed out, and there was great difficulty in rehousing them suitably, because of their poverty and because they were seldom easy to place as lodgers. The authorities were forced to recognise that this was a special problem, and eventually...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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London : The Socialist Medical Assocation
[1944?]
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| Summary: | 1944
1944
1940s
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in air-raid shelters and many were bombed out, and there was great difficulty in rehousing them suitably, because of their poverty and because they were seldom easy to place as lodgers. The authorities were forced to recognise that this was a special problem, and eventually an evacuation scheme was evolved, and, what is more important, special homes for the aged who were bombed out were started. Though these are on a very small scale they represent a new precedent, and a victory for the progressive people. The problem of lonely old people is not confined in war time to those who have lost their homes, and will not disappear with the war, and homes such as these will need to be extended. As accommodation of this kind is not appropriate for all old people, other housing schemes, not necessarily separate from general housing schemes, will be needed. The infirm who need nursing attention should be placed in the most cheerful and attractive hospitals, in town or country. Community centres, restaurants, recreational clubs should have special provision for old people, who need this kind of social service even more than the able-bodied. What we propose amounts to a complete reversal of the present official attitude to the aged. We demand that the old people should be honoured and respected in a practical way, and given priority for their special needs, so that old age can be a time of rest and enjoyment instead of a time of loneliness and poverty as it is now for so many. 11
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