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Hunt, A. (1978) The Elderly at Home: A Study of People Aged Sixty-Five and Over Living in the Community in England in 1976. Social Study Division, OPCS.

National Institute for Social Work (1982) Social Workers: Their Roles and Tasks (The Barclay Report. London: Bedford Square Press.