A Comprehensive Analysis of Health and Welfare Services for Older Persons in One Community; A Study of the Type and Quantity of Socially Provided Income, Care, and Services for Persons Sixty Years of Age and Over in Linn County, Iowa, in April 1962, September 1963

(1963) A Comprehensive Analysis of Health and Welfare Services for Older Persons in One Community; A Study of the Type and Quantity of Socially Provided Income, Care, and Services for Persons Sixty Years of Age and Over in Linn County, Iowa, in April 1962, September 1963. University of Iowa

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Abstract

This study describes and analyzes the system of social provision for older people in one community. Social provision is the total amount of income and services provided to community members in an impersonal way by government, community, or church programs. Services that may be socially provided include health services and care; personal services; counseling, casework, and advising; and opportunities for group participation, education, and recreation. Income or services may be received through a local welfare department, a state mental hospital, a community general hospital, other community agencies, or church groups. All of these programs have the sanction and approval of society by government sponsorship, government licensing, the community chest structure, or by some similar mechanism.