Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Elder Care in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

AvAndrea Freidus,Dena Shenk

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations

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Beskrivning

There were many challenges, successes, and concerns in providing long-term care to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at central North Carolina, the authors highlight the implications of providing long-term care to older Americans, with an emphasis on the importance of communication, resilience of staff, and value of human infrastructure.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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-01-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:459 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781805391920

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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.

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“The book provides remarkable insights into the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on front-line workers in North Carolina who care for the residential elderly (and) uses an excellent combination of ethnographic and epidemiological methods to provide in-depth qualitative insights while contextualized by the larger quantitative world of disease transmission.” • Linda M. Whiteford, University of South Florida

Innehållsförteckning

IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “We’re Building the Plane While We’re Flying It”: A Case Study of Long-Term Care Workers during COVID-19 in North CarolinaChapter 1. Perspectives of Regional Area Agency on Aging Staff and Long-Term Care Advocates: A Rapid Qualitative AppraisalChapter 2. “It Spread Like Wildfire”: Challenges in Providing Care in Long-term Residential Care CommunitiesChapter 3. Finding Resilience in Crisis: Home and Community-Based Programming during COVID-19Chapter 4. Activities and Engagement: Avoiding Isolation and LonelinessChapter 5. Caring for People with Dementia during COVID-19Dena Shenk, Andrea Freidus and Christin WolfChapter 6. Providing Long Term Care Throughout the Pandemic: The Perspective of Administrators and ManagersChapter 7. Roles and Professional Identities in Defining Reality: A Linguistic AnalysisBoyd Davis & Christin WolfChapter 8. Caring for Older Adults in Long Term Residential Care during COVID-19 in the United States and Switzerland: Balancing Protection and Social IsolationAndrea Freidus, Dena Shenk, Megan Davies, Christin Wolf, and Sandra Staudacher Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Applications as We Look to the FutureReferencesIndex