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Unpaid work in nursing homes : flexible boundaries /

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence The pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its absence, whilst also increasing the need for it. Drawing on a range of research projects covering Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this book documents a broad s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Armstrong, Pat (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, [2023]
Series:Transforming care.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: framing and comparing unpaid care work
  • Accessing nursing home care: family members' unpaid care work in Ontario and Sweden
  • Body-work-that-isn't: supporting nursing home residents' autonomy in self-care and sexual expression
  • "They make the difference between survival and living": social activities and social relations in long-term residential care
  • Residents who care: rethinking complex care and disability relations in Ontario nursing homes
  • Family workers: the work and working conditions of families in nursing homes
  • Staff perspectives on families' unpaid work in care homes
  • Contextual conditions and social mechanisms in rural communities and care homes
  • Bringing the outside in and the inside out: the role of institutional boundaries in nursing homes
  • Conclusion: a labour of love is still labour
  • Index