At home in a nursing home : an ethnography of movement and care in Australia /
"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 nov...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2023.
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| سلاسل: | Life course, culture and aging ;
v. 9. |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5501105 |
| الملخص: | "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"-- |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 156 pages) : illustrations. |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ردمك: | 9781800736658 1800736657 9781800736641 |