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- Almshouse - Wikipedia
An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) [1][2] is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages They were often built for the poor of a locality, for those who had held certain jobs, or their widows, and for elderly people who could no longer pay rent
- Almshouse | Origins, Uses Impact | Britannica
Almshouse, in the United States, a locally administered public institution that provided housing and health care to people who were of limited financial means and were otherwise disadvantaged
- Almshouses (Poorhouses) - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
From the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, almshouses offered food, shelter, clothing, and medical care to the poorest and most vulnerable, often in exchange for hard labor and forfeiture of freedom
- History of almshouses - The Almshouse Association
Almshouses are often splendid historic buildings with fascinating features such as dedications, statues, inscriptions, coats of arms, clock towers and sundials Many retain beautiful chapels where regular services are still held and provide delightful gardens for their residents
- The History of England’s Almshouses: From Medieval Origins to the . . .
England’s almshouses form a living link between the medieval past and modern social care These charitable housing institutions, originally known as hospitals or “bede-houses” (from the Anglo-Saxon bede, meaning prayer), were established to shelter the poor, elderly and infirm, long before the welfare state
- Almshouse Definition, History Decline - Study. com
What Is an Almshouse? An almshouse is a home for those in poverty and or old age that is usually funded by some religious order
- almshouses - Encyclopedia. com
almshouses, also known as bede-houses, are buildings, usually purpose-designed, to provide accommodation for aged or frail people They were established at a time when there was no alternative welfare provision
- Social Welfare History Project Poor Relief and the Almshouse
A famous story by Sarah Orne Jewett describes a small Maine almshouse where elderly people came by choice each winter to avoid paying their heating bills and to have comradeship (Jewett, 1956)
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