De Paul Residence: An After-Care Residence for Unmarried Mothers Who Received Pre-natal Services at St. Mary’s Shelter, the New York Foundling Hospital During 1962–1963. A Case Study of Two Clients Who Were Admitted to De Paul Residence on the Day the Project Was Initiated, October 29, 1962
Abstract
Treatment of the problems associated with bearing and raising children outside of marriage requires a complex framework of health, welfare and legal resources in the community and the skills of various professional people. Assistance in making living arrangements during pregnancy and after delivery is an essential part of total service to the unmarried mother. She has a choice of remaining with her family or in her own apartment, or in a group care facility such as a maternity home. The maternity home for the unmarried mother came into use as a result of a growing conception of the service it could offer and of the need of existing for it as a means of providing an almost complete service to the unmarried mother. The maternity shelter offers an atmosphere of n warmth, and acceptance; the group experience fills the needs for companionship, a sharing of day-by-day living and of new activities. Thought and attention are given to the clients' needs without the accompaniment of harsh demands - all these things which represent not only a new experience to the client but one that can be maturing.
Subject Area
Womens studies|Health care management|Social work
Recommended Citation
Buckley, Rose E, "De Paul Residence: An After-Care Residence for Unmarried Mothers Who Received Pre-natal Services at St. Mary’s Shelter, the New York Foundling Hospital During 1962–1963. A Case Study of Two Clients Who Were Admitted to De Paul Residence on the Day the Project Was Initiated, October 29, 1962" (1963). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30670822.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30670822
