Voices of Long-Term Care Workers
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-192-0 (ISBN)
Based on extensive interviews, this collection of essays reflects on the participants’ individual experiences and represents the voices of staff and caregivers working in long-term residential care communities, in-home and community-based programs, as well as regional aging service providers and advocates.
Andrea Freidus is the Graduate Director of the MA/MPH program at UNC Charlotte. She is an applied medical anthropologist whose main research interest is about the impact of COVID-19 on congregate and community-based care for older Americans in the Charlotte region.
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “We’re Building the Plane While We’re Flying It”: A Case Study of Long-Term Care Workers during COVID-19 in North Carolina
Chapter 1. Perspectives of Regional Area Agency on Aging Staff and Long-Term Care Advocates: A Rapid Qualitative Appraisal
Chapter 2. “It Spread Like Wildfire”: Challenges in Providing Care in Long-term Residential Care Communities
Chapter 3. Finding Resilience in Crisis: Home and Community-Based Programming during COVID-19
Chapter 4. Activities and Engagement: Avoiding Isolation and Loneliness
Chapter 5. Caring for People with Dementia during COVID-19
Dena Shenk, Andrea Freidus and Christin Wolf
Chapter 6. Providing Long Term Care Throughout the Pandemic: The Perspective of Administrators and Managers
Chapter 7. Roles and Professional Identities in Defining Reality: A Linguistic Analysis
Boyd Davis & Christin Wolf
Chapter 8. Caring for Older Adults in Long Term Residential Care during COVID-19 in the United States and Switzerland: Balancing Protection and Social Isolation
Andrea Freidus, Dena Shenk, Megan Davies, Christin Wolf, and Sandra Staudacher
Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Applications as We Look to the Future
References
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.12.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-80539-192-5 / 1805391925 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-80539-192-0 / 9781805391920 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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