Stories
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
- Article
Dying at home and the doctor’s role
Our anonymous GP talks about the bittersweet rewards of supporting a patient when he chose to die at home.
- Article
Why we no longer keep our dead at home
Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.
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The empty bungalow
Grandma’s unsteady piles of stuff have been dismantled and dispersed. From an empty bungalow, Georgie Evans makes a plea for hoarding behaviour to be better understood.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Nursing Homes, etc.
Date: 1956-1967Reference: SA/CMO/D/141Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Nursing Homes Registration Bill
Date: 1926-1952Reference: SA/BMA/C.230-235Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
OT in Residential and Nursing Homes
Date: 1987Reference: SA/BAO/L.2/17Part of: British Association of Occupational Therapists- Archives and manuscripts
DHSS Correspondence - Clinics & Nursing Homes
Date: 1975-1989Reference: SA/BPA/A/3Part of: BPAS, British Pregnancy Advisory Service- Archives and manuscripts
Private/ Voluntary Sector Residential and Nursing Homes
Date: December 1990Reference: SA/BAO/L.5/37Part of: British Association of Occupational Therapists