The Last Refuge: A Survey of Residential Institutions and Homes for the Aged in England and Wales

by Peter Townsend

First published in 1964, The Last Refuge originated from the author's visit to a Victorian workhouse which had become an Institution for old people. A visit that was to show frightful overcrowding in sparsely furnished dormitories. Day-rooms bleak and uninviting in which sat watery-eyed and feeble men, their spirit and pride drained away by the hopelessness of the surroundings. The many unexpected conditions Professor Townsend found led...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032499273
• ISBN13: 9781032499277
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages