Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People

Kristin Björnsdóttir is Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences at the University of Iceland, Iceland. Christine Ceci is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Canada. Mary Ellen Purkis is Dean and Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at University of Victoria, Canada.

Foreword: Illness is a Plural: Home Care, Governmentality and Reframing the Work of Patienthood Carl May Introduction: Home, Care, Practice: Changing Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People Christine Ceci, Kristín Björnsdóttir and Mary Ellen Purkis Section I: Home 1. Aging, Independence and Community Mary Ellen Purkis 2. Homecare and Frail Older People: Relational Extension and the Art of Dwelling Joanna Latimer 3. Homes for Care: Reconfiguring Care Relations and Practices Isabel Dyck and Kim England Section II: Care 4. ‘To Work Out What Works Best’: What is Good in Home Care? Christine Ceci 5. Bringing It All Back Home: The (Re)Domestication And (De)Medicalization of Care in the UK Davina Allen 6. Assisting the Frail Elderly to Live a Good Life Through Home Care Practice Kristín Björnsdóttir Section III: Practices 7. Who Can Be Against Quality? A New Story About Home-Based Care: NPM and Governmentality Hanne Marlene Dahl 8. Creating Home Care Recipients: Using Categorization as a Tool in Home Care Case Management Anna Olaison 9. The Making of Medico-Managerial Care Work Culture in Public Home Care for the Elderly Lea Henriksson and Sirpa Wrede