LEADER 04045nam 22007935 450 001 9910229239903321 005 20250628110040.0 010 $a9783319548135 010 $a3319548131 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-54813-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000000587692 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-54813-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5588931 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5588931 035 $a(OCoLC)1008870650 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6422768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6422768 035 $a(OCoLC)1024263004 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50068 035 $a(ScCtBLL)5cb22e3e-9ad7-49e1-9769-a5fa40092009 035 $a(Perlego)4357123 035 $a(Perlego)2338726 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010070646 035 $a(oapen)doab36040 035 $a(oapen)doab50068 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000587692 100 $a20170915d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aImproving Psychiatric Care for Older People $eBarbara Robb's Campaign 1965-1975 /$fby Claire Hilton 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 $d2017 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XXIII, 283 p. 17 illus., 4 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aMental Health in Historical Perspective,$x2634-6044 311 08$a9783319548128 311 08$a3319548123 327 $a1. Introduction: A strange eventful history -- 2. Psychiatric hospitals and older people: status quo or making changes? -- 3. Barbara Robb, Amy Gibbs and the 'Diary of a Nobody' -- 4. Establishing AEGIS and writing Sans Everything: 'the case' and 'some answers' -- 5. Reprinted before publication: plotting a route for Sans Everything -- 6. The inquiries: a lion's den -- 7. Whitewash and after: 'Most good is done by stealth' -- 8. Then and now: concluding remarks. 330 $aThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara visited 73-year-old Amy Gibbs in a dilapidated and overcrowded National Health Service psychiatric hospital back-ward. She was so appalled by the low standards that she set out to make improvements. Barbara's book Sans Everything: A case to answer was publicly discredited by a complacent and self-righteous Ministry of Health. However, inspired by her work, staff in other hospitals 'whistle-blew' about events they witnessed, which corroborated her allegations. Barbara influenced government policy, to improve psychiatric care and health service complaints procedures, and to establish a hospitals' inspectorate and ombudsman. The book will appeal to campaigners, health and social care staff and others working with older people, and those with an interest in policy development in England, the 1960s, women's history and the history of psychiatry and nursing. 410 0$aMental Health in Historical Perspective,$x2634-6044 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aMedicine$xHistory 606 $aSex 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory of Medicine 606 $aGender Studies 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 615 0$aSex. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory of Medicine. 615 24$aGender Studies. 676 $a941 686 $aHIS015000$aHIS054000$aMED039000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh 700 $aHilton$b Claire$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0851597 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910229239903321 996 $aImproving Psychiatric Care for Older People$91949973 997 $aUNINA