[Parish nursing around the year 1900]. / Gemeindepflege um 1900.

This contribution first introduces the factors that supported the development of parish nursing before going on to explain the diverse organizational concepts involved and their development over time. It looks at the various Catholic and Protestant as well as secular institutions active in this field. The article then discusses the manifold tasks, fields of work and approaches to problem-solving that were characteristic of parish nursing. The various cultural, social and religious problems that the parish nurses had to contend with on a daily basis are also presented, including the increasing competition with other professional groups. The article concludes by looking at the standing of parish nurses in society and the advantages and disadvantages of parish nursing as opposed to hospital nursing from the point of view of the parish nurses themselves.

[The history of ageing in modern times according to current German research]. / Die Geschichte des Alters in der Moderne: Stand der deutschen Forschung.

Historical research into ageing has gained importance since the end of the last century. While in the past ageing used to be mostly the object of historical demographics and historical family research, a number of branches within historical science are now interested in the topic. So far, research has focused on various pension systems, on demographic changes and old age poverty. Other points of interest are the care within or outside of the family and the resulting life conditions, for example in the "sick houses" (Siechenhäuser). The construction of age-related images also plays an important part. Medical discourses on the various concepts of age also represent a wide field of historical research.