A history of residential care for older people
Subtitle: 'the last refuge' revisited
By: Julia Johnson, Sheena Rolph, and Randall Smith.
Contributors: Rolph, Sheena.; Smith, Randall, 1936-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780230202429
Subjects: Townsend, Peter, -- 1928-2009; Old age homes -- Great Britain -- History
Description: This text revisits Peter Townsend's classic study of residential care for older people in Britain conducted in the late 1950s. It provides not only a fascinating account of residential care for older people over the last 50 years but is also an important contribution to the literature on research methods.