“Until the Home for Aged Men was built, elders who couldn’t be cared for by their families ended up in the poorhouse with the indigent, the insane, and criminals. In the mid 19th century, Massachusetts established boards to oversee what had become Dickensian homes of horror, and improvements were the result.”
The Home for Aged Men was replaced by the Goddard House, serving the same needs of men and women.
(http://www.telegram.com/article/20151207/NEWS/151209470/-1/topic)
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