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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Part one: Introductory -- 1 Objects and Methods of Study -- 2 History of the Institutional Care of the Aged -- The General Mixed Workhouse -- The Failure to Develop a Policy for the Chronic Sick and Infirm -- The Act of 1929: Another Attempt to Improve Conditions -- The Emergence of the Small Home for the Aged -- An Inheritance that was not Abandoned -- Chronic Sick Hospitals -- New Residential Homes -- Institutions and Residents Today -- Part Two: Life in an Institution -- 3 The Old Workhouse -- The Buildings -- The Residents -- The Staff -- Supplementary Staff -- Specialist Staff -- Wardens and Matrons and Their Powers -- Initiation to Administrative Practices -- Administrative Control and Regulation -- Death and the Relationship between Staff and Residents -- The Daily Activities and Relationships of the Residents -- Segregation -- Community -- The Future of the Workhouse -- 4 The Local Authority Post-War Home -- The Buildings -- Newly Constructed Homes -- Converted Large Houses -- The Residents -- The Staff -- Supplementary Staff -- Specialist Staff -- Matrons and Their Powers -- The Daily Routine and Relationships between Staff and Residents -- Segregation -- Community -- The Achievements and Shortcomings of the Post-War Homes -- 5 The Voluntary Home -- The Buildings -- The Residents -- The Staff -- Matrons and Their Powers -- Daily Life and Community -- Administration and Finance -- Local Authority Responsibility -- The Future of Voluntary Homes -- 6 The Private Home -- Three Types of Private Accommodation -- The Buildings -- The Residents -- The Staff -- Proprietors and Their Reasons for Opening Homes -- Fees -- Starting a New Life.

Traces the historical experience in developed and developing countries of putting into practice rights to social security, including social insurance, and an adequate standard of living. Outlines three distinct forms of models for welfare states: the Nordic or Social Democratic model (Scandinavia), the Corporatist model (Germany), and the Liberal or Residual model (UK and USA)