Care Homes in a Turbulent Era Do They Have A Future?
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Edited by Pat Armstrong, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Sociology, York University, Toronto and Susan Braedley, Professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<i>‘This book is an essential resource for researchers, practitioners and policy makers involved in the nursing home sector. By advocating for systemic changes, inclusive practices and supportive environments, </i>Care Homes in a Turbulent Era: Do They Have a Future?<i> offers a valuable vision for the future of care homes.’</i>
- Charlotte Van Campfort, Ageing and Society,
<i>‘Unmissable for all who plan, study or experience later life care. Based on meticulous research, the book offers crucial insights into life in care homes for residents, families and workers – and many ideas for improvement. Never flinching from big questions – home ownership, residents’ rights, communication challenges – its scope includes exciting new thinking about diversity, difference, accountability and joy.’</i>
- Sue Yeandle, University of Sheffield, UK,
<i>‘Care homes are not entities of the past, but of the future. Based on extensive research from Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this excellent book shows what it takes to allow people who live or work in care homes not just to survive but to thrive.’</i>
- Teppo Kröger, University of Jyväskylä, Finland,
With particular attention to lessons learned in Canada, Sweden, and Norway, the contributing authors argue that publicly-funded care homes remain critical to care arrangements but require policy and practice transformations to produce equitable and supportive conditions. Attentive to the specific contexts and tensions that shape care, chapters address key questions about care home quality and labour in relation to gender, race, ethnicity, religion and class. The book analyses the physical and social boundaries that set the conditions for quality of life and care, moving beyond the minimum to explain how nursing homes can provide joy.
Offering alternative approaches to the complex challenges facing this vital public service, this book will be a key reference for students and scholars of health policy, comparative social policy and social work. Its integration of statistical, policy and practice analysis with ethnographic research will prove invaluable to those concerned with long-term care policy and practice.