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Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People.

Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems. The challenge for professionals and policy-makers is to find ways to respond to the coming crisis by delivering high-quality care in the home. This collection of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ceci, Christine
Otros Autores: Bjornsdottir, Kristin, Purkis, Mary Ellen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge studies in health and social welfare.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: Illness is a Plural-Home Care, Governmentalityand Reframing the Work of Patienthood: Carl May; Introduction: Home, Care, Practice-Changing Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People: Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir and Mary Ellen Purkis; Part I: Home; 1. Ageing, Independence and Community: Mary Ellen Purkis; 2. Home Care and Frail Older People: Relational Extension and the Art of Dwelling: Joanna Latimer.
  • 3. Homes for Care: Reconfiguring Care Relations and Practices: Isabel Dyck and Kim EnglandPart II: Care; 4. 'To Work Out What Works Best': What is Good in Home Care?: Christine Ceci; 5. Bringing It All Back Home: The (Re)Domestication and (De)Medicalization of Care in the UK: Davina Allen; 6. Assisting the Frail Elderly to Live a Good Life Through Home Care Practice: Kristín Björnsdóttir; Part III: Practices; 7. Who Can Be Against Quality? A New Story About Home-Based Care: NPM and Governmentality: Hanne Marlene Dahl.
  • 8. Creating Home Care Recipients: Using Categorization as aTool in Home Care Case Management: Anna Olaison9. The Making of Medico-Managerial Care Work Culture in Public Home Care for the Elderly: Lea Henriksson and Sirpa Wrede; Contributors; Index.