Private lives in public places : a research-based critique of residential life in local authority old people's homes /

Willcocks, Dianne M.,

Private lives in public places : a research-based critique of residential life in local authority old people's homes / Dianne Willcocks, Sheila Peace, and Leonie Kellaher ; with a foreword by M. Powell Lawton. - 1 online resource (ix, 168 pages) - Social science paperbacks . - Social science paperbacks. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-158) and indexes.

1. The concept of home -- 2. The legacy of past caring -- 3. Crossing the threshold -- 4. Creators of care : staff -- 5. The physical world -- 6. Institutional living -- 7. Private lives in public places -- 8. Unfinished business.

9780203993156 9781135800635 9781135800673 9781135800680

10.4324/9780203993156 doi


Old age homes--Great Britain.
Older people--Institutional care--Great Britain.

HV1454.2.G7 / W55 1987

362.160941 / W697