title: Changes for Bicêtre and its elderly residents: the paradox of progress.
abstract: Recent changes at Bicêtre, the historic French institution, exemplify an old paradox in the care of the elderly: improvements which benefit part of a society can mean more misfortunes for others.  The effect of relocation of its elderly residents to make way for renovations poses important questions of priorities in societal values.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008489:Medical Indigency; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012922:Social Change