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King's Daughters Home for Incurables

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A Study Of One Hundred And Forty King's Daughters Home For Incurables Applicants Served By Family Service Organization, January 1, 1946-December 31, 1947., Elizabeth Conder Lewis Jun 1948

A Study Of One Hundred And Forty King's Daughters Home For Incurables Applicants Served By Family Service Organization, January 1, 1946-December 31, 1947., Elizabeth Conder Lewis

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Purpose of the Study: Due to the resignation of Miss Nettie Smith, a board member of The King's Daughters Home for Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, who was paid on a part time basis to do social work for the Home, the board members requested help from the Community Chest in finding someone to continue the work that Miss Smith had been doing for the Home. Due to the shortage of medical social workers in the community, the Community Chest suggested that the board request the Family Service Organization to continue with the services which Miss Smith had been performing. After discussions …


The Place Of Rehabilitation In The Home For Incurables : A Study Of One Hundred Patients In The King's Daughters' Home For Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, December 31, 1947., Gretna Lillian Brown Jan 1948

The Place Of Rehabilitation In The Home For Incurables : A Study Of One Hundred Patients In The King's Daughters' Home For Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, December 31, 1947., Gretna Lillian Brown

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Since 1909, the King's Daughters' Home for Incurables in Louisville, Kentucky, has provided institutional care for physically handicapped persons who are residents of Kentucky. A hospital survey done by the Kentucky State Board of Health in 1945-46 classified the Home as a "custodial-type institution", and did not include it in the survey, as it was not considered a hospital. Surveys on phases of the work of the institution were done in 1914 (Haven Emerson Survey) and in 1940 (Health and Welfare Council Survey) for administrative purposes. This year the work of the Home has provided the material for three theses …