Old People in Britain: THE WELFARE STATE AND OLD PEOPLE IN BRITAIN AN OVERVIEW OF PROVISIONS FOR THE ELDERLY THE POSITION OF OLD PEOPLE IN BRITAIN WORK, INCOME, AND THE PLACE OF THE OLD IN SOCIETY WORK AND RETIREMENT FINANCIAL PROVISION FOR THE ELDERLY INTEGRATION AND PARTICIPATION CONCLUSION REFERENCES

A review of the situation of old people in Britain today raises most of the issues being debated in relation to the welfare state as a whole. The main ones are (1) the adequacy of public provisions in relation to need; (2) the problems of coordination of services designed to meet different, but essentially interrelated, needs; (3) the reconciliation of conflicts of interest between administrators, professionals, and beneficiaries; and (4) the philosophy of public services in an affluent society-or the principle of universal as against selective provision.