Helene Castenbrandt

A question of dignity? Intersectional perspectives on the establishment of old people’s homes in Sweden at the turn of the 20th century

Care for older persons is a universal issue, but around 1900, new groups of wage-earners created a need for an age of retirement, forming a new era of institutional care. These old people’s homes were often charitable trusts, which required them to be seen as respectable to attract funding. Residents therefore faced a two-way contract: being offered dignifie