title: Care of elderly people in Hungary today.
abstract: Based on library research and international field work, we describe local social services for elderly people in Hungary. Although a broad range of benefits are available there, local services are needed to supplement often inadequate universal entitlements. Hungary's current economic and political situation is unfavorable to improving the benefit system. To illuminate differences among socialist countries in Eastern Europe, we recommend comparisons with Poland.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Pflanczer
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bognár
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D010415:Pensions; D011044:Poland; D011203:Poverty; D012946:Social Welfare