Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions

Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS) was a British pressure group that campaigned to improve the care of older people in long-stay wards of National Health Service psychiatric hospitals.[1][2] The group was founded by Barbara Robb in 1965,[2] and was active until Robb's death in 1976.[3]

References
  1. "AEGIS - AEGIS (Aid to the Elderly in Government Institutions)". LSE Library Services. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  2. Robinson, Anne (5 April 1970). "Whitewash in the old folks' wards". Sunday Times.
  3. "The patients' campaigner". Hampstead and Highgate Express. 25 June 1976.
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