Historically, European countries in the 1700s housed older persons in institutions with
a. farmers, who could use them as labor.
b. mentally ill persons.
c. older people of the same gender.
d. those of the same socioeconomic class.
B
European countries created institutions to house mentally ill persons, orphans, old people, crimi-nals, and persons with contagious diseases in order to separate them from the general population rather than care for them.
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