caa a22 4500 386314756 CHVBK 20180307111602.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1988 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0714980800007923 doi S0714980800007923 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0714980800007923 Veterans and Veterans Legislation in Canada: An Historical Overview [Elektronische Daten] This article provides a descriptive account of the history of Canadian veterans and veterans legislation focussing upon five time periods: pre-1918; 1918-1939; 1939-1950; 1950-1980; and the present time. Emphasis is placed on issues and legislation relating to aging and elderly persons, with particular concentration on pensions and health. It is shoivn that veterans legislation and veterans issues have played a facilitating role in the development of Canadian health and social services, and argued that a social historical perspective on aging provides for an enhanced understanding of current age-related institutions, services and policies. Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1988 veterans nationallicence veterans legislation-Canada nationallicence veterans legislation-history nationallicence Gee Ellen M. Simon Fraser University Margeny Boyce A. Office of the Minister of State for Seniors, Ottawa Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement Cambridge University Press 7/3(1988), 204-217 0714-9808 7:3<204 1988 7 CJG https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980800007923 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980800007923 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gee Ellen M. Simon Fraser University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Margeny Boyce A. Office of the Minister of State for Seniors, Ottawa NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement Cambridge University Press 7/3(1988), 204-217 0714-9808 7:3<204 1988 7 CJG CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge