At Home in a Nursing Home: An Ethnography of Movement and Care in Australia

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Abstract

Focusing on contemporary ideas about how aged care is provided, this book poses the question: How can people who are aged and frail live out the final phase of their lives with dignity? In seeking answers, the author examines what it means to be ‘at home’ in residential care in a novel and compassionate way. In an ethnographic study of how elderly residents can be given the right care, this book provides a new route into the bodily realities of ageing. It is a vital contribution to the search for alternative approaches to aged care provision.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherBerghahn Books
Number of pages156
ISBN (Electronic)9781800736658
ISBN (Print)9781800736641
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameLife Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
PublisherBerghahn Books
Volume9

Keywords

  • older people
  • nursing home care
  • Australia

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