Format:
1 Online-Ressource (307 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783839438053
Series Statement:
Aging studies volume 14
Content:
Institutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about an aging population. Although enormous changes have occurred in how institutional care is structured, the legacies of the poorhouse still persist, creating panicked views of the nursing home as a dreaded fate. The paradoxical nature of a space meant to be both hospital and home offers up critical tensions for examination by age studies scholars.The essays in this book challenge stereotypes of institutional care for older adults, illustrate the changes that have occurred over time, and illuminate the continuities in the stories we tell about nursing homes.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837638059
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Care home stories Bielefeld : transcript, 2017 ISBN 3837638057
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837638059
Language:
English
Subjects:
Education
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Altenheim
;
Alltag
;
Lebensqualität
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Chivers, Sally 1972-
Author information:
Kriebernegg, Ulla
