Private lives in public places
Subtitle: a research-based critique of residential life in local authority old people's homes
By: Dianne Willcocks, Sheila Peace, and Leonie Kellaher ; with a foreword by M. Powell Lawton.
Contributors: Peace, Sheila M.; Kellaher, Leonie A.
Publisher: Tavistock Publications
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Old age homes -- Great Britain; Older people -- Institutional care -- Great Britain
Description: A debate on the role of residential care for old people in public sector care, with descriptions of existing physical and social environments and constructive recommendations for their improvement. An alternative care model is proposed: the 'residential flatlet'.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 193-201.
Includes indexes.