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Direct care workers' response to dying and death in the nursing home
— a case study | | Author(s) | Helen K Black, Robert L Rubinstein |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 60B, no 1, January 2005 |
| Pages | pp S3-S10 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Death ; Dying ; Nursing homes ; Attitude ; Care home staff ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research exploring the cultural construction of dying and death in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in a large city in the northeast US is the basis for this paper. Data was gathered in a multi-year, multi-site study through formal ethnographic interviews, informal conversations, and on-site observations of direct care workers. The authors introduce the case of Jayson, an activities director in a for-profit nursing home. They show how his belief system and experiences outside the facility - especially those concerning dying and death - shape the view of the nature and content of his work and his reaction to residents' deaths. They suggest caretaking at the intersection of gender, race, socio-economic status, and the inside and outside life of direct care workers as aspects for future research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050505211 A |
| Classmark | CW: CX: LHB: DP: QRM: 69P: 7T |
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