Housing facility intended for senior citizens

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The welfare work of the Royal Air Forces Association.

Ford's Hospital (Greyfriars' Hospital), Coventry: a woman standing at the entrance. Watercolour by E. Pretty.

Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

Booksellers' Provident Retreat, Abbots Langley: perspective view. Coloured lithograph.

Ford's Hospital, Coventry: residents seated in the courtyard looking toward the street. Photograph.

Ford's Hospital, Coventry: exterior from the street, with a woman standing in the doorway. Photograph.

Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution, London. Etching by W. Francis, 1859, after himself.

Planning homes for the aged / Geneva Mathiasen, Edward H. Noakes, editors.

Pensioners and painted halls : George IV's and William IV's Greenwich / by Muriel V. Searle.

Keeping the elderly moving in old people's homes / [Helen Ransome].

Into the house of old : a history of residential care in British Columbia / Megan J. Davies.

Long-term care for the elderly : a comparative view of layers of care / Betty H. Landsberger.

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Homes for the Aged

Images from the collections

Images about Homes for the Aged

Works from the collections

Planning homes for the aged / Geneva Mathiasen, Edward H. Noakes, editors.

Pensioners and painted halls : George IV's and William IV's Greenwich / by Muriel V. Searle.

Keeping the elderly moving in old people's homes / [Helen Ransome].

Into the house of old : a history of residential care in British Columbia / Megan J. Davies.

Long-term care for the elderly : a comparative view of layers of care / Betty H. Landsberger.

Homes for the Aged

Images from the collections

Images about Homes for the Aged

Works from the collections

Planning homes for the aged / Geneva Mathiasen, Edward H. Noakes, editors.

Pensioners and painted halls : George IV's and William IV's Greenwich / by Muriel V. Searle.

Keeping the elderly moving in old people's homes / [Helen Ransome].

Into the house of old : a history of residential care in British Columbia / Megan J. Davies.

Long-term care for the elderly : a comparative view of layers of care / Betty H. Landsberger.

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