
- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its absence, while 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 spectrum of unpaid work performed by residents, relatives, volunteers and staff in nursing homes.
It demonstrates how boundaries between paid and unpaid work are flexible, varying considerably with conditions, time, place and intersectional populations.
By examining the complex labour process within nursing homes, this book provides insight and understanding which will be critical in planning for nursing home care post-pandemic.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: framing and comparing unpaid care work
- 2 Accessing nursing home care: family membersā unpaid care work in Ontario and Sweden
- 3 Body-work-that-isnāt: supporting nursing home residentsā autonomy in self-care and sexual expression
- 4 āThey make the difference between survival and livingā: social activities and social relations in long-term residential care
- 5 Residents who care: rethinking complex care and disability relations in Ontario nursing homes
- 6 Family workers: the work and working conditions of families in nursing homes
- 7 Staff perspectives on familiesā unpaid work in care homes
- 8 Contextual conditions and social mechanisms in rural communities and care homes
- 9 Bringing the outside in and the inside out: the role of institutional boundaries in nursing homes
- 10 Conclusion: a labour of love is still labour
- Index
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