The Tenth Home
Title | The Tenth Home |
Year for Search | 1966 |
Authors | Bennett, F[rancis] O[swald](1898-1976) |
Tertiary Authors | Bennett, F. O. |
Pagination | 178 pp. |
Date Published | 1966 |
Publisher | Blackwood & Janet Paul |
Place Published | Auckland, New Zealand |
Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author |
Annotation | Fictional home for the elderly which is both an analysis of such homes and a description of an ideal one. Presented as combining fiction and the stories of actual people in such homes. The ideal home is one that is not simply warehousing its people but responding to their individual needs and interests, and in an opening eutopian vignette involving children, animals, and the neighborhood with the home (3-8). The New Zealand author was a doctor who served as medical officer at several such homes. |
Holding Institutions | ATL, PSt |
Author Note | The Aotearoa/New Zealand author (1898-1976) was a doctor who served as medical officer at several such homes. |
Full Text | 1966 Bennett, F[rancis] O[swald] (1898-1976). The Tenth Home. Auckland: Blackwood & Janet Paul. 178 pp. ATL, PSt Fictional home for the elderly which is both an analysis of such homes and a description of an ideal one. Presented as combining fiction and the stories of actual people in such homes. The ideal home is one that is not simply warehousing its people but responding to their individual needs and interests, and in an opening eutopian vignette involving children, animals, and the neighborhood with the home (3-8). The New Zealand author was a doctor who served as medical officer at several such homes. |