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Communal housing for elderly people — from large building to small units
Author(s)	Dominique Argoud
Corporate Author	Centre de Liaison, d'Étude, d'Information and de Recherche sur les Problèmes des Personnes Agées - CLEIRPPA
Journal title	Generations, nos 10/11/12, November 1997
Pages	pp 19-22
Keywords	Sheltered housing ; Care homes ; Histories ; France.
Annotation	The history of buildings used for the collective housing of older people in France seems to show that there is a progressive tendency to reduce their size in order to make them more "human". The author argues that despite evolution of such housing, there still needs to be more implementation of the consensus that homes for older people should be on a "human scale" and that social care within these homes must comprise part of the plan. The MAPAD (Houses Welcoming Dependent Elderly People) programme is cited as providing good quality homes on an acceptable scale, including separate units for those with dementia. CLIERPPA's own work in this field is discussed. (KJ/RH)).
Accession Number	CPA-980811239 A
Classmark	KLA: KW: 6A: 765
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