Abstract
Leeds City Council, Department of Social Service, Great Britain, was the first local authority to develop a fostering or family placement scheme for older people. This article describes the initial development of the scheme in 1977 and traces this successful scheme through its expansion to 1983 during which period over 1500 people, average age 82 years, have been placed with substitute families.
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