Elderly care in transition - management, meaning and identity at work : a Scandinavian perspective

Beskrivelse

This book explores the challenges and future possibilities in the elderly care from a working life perspective. Eight researchers from the three Scandinavian countries present new studies of the daily work in elderly care, the change of tasks and services, and the reconstruction of a semi-profession.

Indhold

Seneste udgave,

1. Introduction: Elderly care in transition(Annette Kamp and Helge Hvid)

2. Paradoxes in elderly care : the Nordic model(Hanne Marlene Dahl and Bente Rasmussen)

3. The quest for the meaning of work : competing concepts of meaning(Annette Kamp)

4. Knowledge at play : positioning care workers as professionals through scientific rationality and caring dispositions(Andreas Fejes)

5. Meaning of work in elderly care in Denmark : fragile reconstructions(Annette Kamp)

6. The meaning of work from subjective and intersubjective perspectives : a daily conflict of creating and losing meaning in elderly care(Betina Dybbroe)

7. New public managment : constructing a new management identity in care for the elderly(Bente Rasmussen)

8. Creating meaning in dementia care work : a story of (re)professionalisation?(Pernille Bottrup and Per Bruhn)

9. The future of elderly care - beyond new public management(Helge Hvid and Annette Kamp)