Almshouses: facilities that provided care for the disabled or ill in the 1700s, before hospitals were established.

Almshouses: facilities that provided care for the disabled or ill in the 1700s, before hospitals were established.

• A. Social Security Act of 1965
• B. Federally Funded Primary Health Care Centers
• C. NAFC
• D. Almshouses

Answer: (D)

Almshouses were early charitable care facilities for the sick, disabled, and poor, created in the 1700s before formal hospitals existed. They served as a community safety net, funded by endowments, parishes, or charitable groups, offering shelter and basic care rather than modern medical treatment. The other options refer to much later or unrelated systems—a 1965 social welfare act, contemporary federally funded primary care centers, and an organization not connected to 18th‑century care facilities—so none of them capture the historical idea described.

Almshouses were early charitable care facilities for the sick, disabled, and poor, created in the 1700s before formal hospitals existed. They served as a community safety net, funded by endowments, parishes, or charitable groups, offering shelter and basic care rather than modern medical treatment. The other options refer to much later or unrelated systems—a 1965 social welfare act, contemporary federally funded primary care centers, and an organization not connected to 18th‑century care facilities—so none of them capture the historical idea described.