Wash, wear, and care : clothing and laundry in long-term residential care / Pat Armstrong and Suzanne Day

English

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017

ix, 206 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-200) and index

Erscheint auch als: Armstrong, Pat, 1945-, author: Wash, wear, and care

978-0-7735-4923-4 : paper : alk. paper

0-7735-4923-4 : paper : alk. paper

978-0-7735-4922-7 : cloth : alk. paper

0-7735-4922-6 : cloth : alk. paper

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-7735-4924-1 (andere physische Form) : ePDF, 978-0-7735-4925-8 (andere physische Form) : ePUB

*Hauspflege / Kleidung / Wäschepflege

*Nursing home patients -- Clothing -- Social aspects ; Nursing home patients -- Clothing -- Psychological aspects ; Laundry -- Social aspects ; Autonomy (Psychology) in old age ; Older people -- Health and hygiene ; Older people -- Long-term care

*Nursing Homes ; Clothing

2017 E-525 ; WX 165

Library of Congress Classification: RA999.S36

Dewey Decimal Classification: 362.6/1

How clothing and laundry provide a window on to the structuring of care and work in nursing homes

Introduction: setting the stage -- Who pays and who profits -- The labour of laundry and clothing -- Risky business -- Clothing, laundry, and taking care -- Contradictions, tensions, and possibilities -- Conclusions

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