Intersectional perspectives on family involvement in nursing home care: rethinking relatives' position as a betweenship
This study seeks to understand, in the context of intersectional theory, the roles of family members in nursing home care. The unique social locus at which each person sits is the result of the intersection of gender, status, ethnicity and class; it is situational, shifting with the context of every encounter. A content analysis of 15 qualitative interviews with relatives of nursing home residents in Sweden was used to gain a perspective on the relationships between relatives and residents, relatives and the nursing home as an institution, and relatives and the nursing home staff. We sought to understand these relationship...
Source: Nursing Inquiry - July 23, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Jessica Holmgren, Azita Emami, Lars E Eriksson, Henrik Eriksson Tags: Feature Source Type: research
The ‘right’ place to care for older people: home or institution?
We present our analysis of these changes by examining how older people and families are reconfigured through the new policy and argue that this ‘new’ practice of de‐institutionalization is underpinned by a shifting epistemic and normative context that is working to create a new identity and a different way of life in advanced age in Iceland. The analysis has implications for other nations as well, as much policy related to older people is broadly informed by this idea that ‘home is best’, that is, the idea that more care simply needs to happen outside of institutional settings. (Source: Nursing Inquiry)
Source: Nursing Inquiry - June 21, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Kristin Björnsdóttir, Christine Ceci, Mary Ellen Purkis Tags: Feature Source Type: research
