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founded as permanent homes, while others developed from temporary shelters into long-term residences.In the later medieval era, almshouses became more common, typically housing fewer residents than hospitals and focusing on long-term accommodation rather than care. As leprosy declined, some former leprosy hospitals were adapted for use as almshouses or other forms of charitable housing. From the later 14th century, almshouses were increasingly founded by lay benefactors and typically managed by trustees. Institutions specifically for the elderly

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