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Deconstructing the "social bath"
 — help with bathing at home for older and disabled people
Author(s)Julia Twigg
Journal titleJournal of Social Policy, vol 26, part 2, April 1997
Pagespp 211-232
KeywordsHome bathing service ; Age groups [elderly] ; Physical disabilities ; Community care ; Sociology, Social Science.
AnnotationAssistance with bathing at home for older and disabled people has long been an area of service tension and ambiguity - more so, since the introduction of community care. This article explores and deconstructs the three axes within which the "social bath" is defined. First, the boundary between the medical and the social; the article outlines the complex and shifting ways, both institutional and ideological, in which this boundary is constructed. Second, the social meaning of the task, which is explored in the historical and sociological literature concerning the body, washing, touching and nakedness. Third, the article explores the significance of the home, and the power that resides in private and domestic space, as opposed to the public medical space of the ward or nursing home. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980729001 A
ClassmarkN6B: BB: BN: PA: S

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