Living Before Dying

Imagining and Remembering Home

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gerontology, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Anthropology
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Author: Janette Davies ISBN: 9781785336157
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: August 1, 2017
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author: Janette Davies
ISBN: 9781785336157
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: August 1, 2017
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frail or ill residents between 80 and 100 years of age, including people suffering with dementia. How residents interact with care assistants is emphasised, as are the different behaviours of men and women observed during a year of daily conversations between the author, patients and staff, who share their stories of the pressures of the work. Living Before Dying shows a world where, in extreme old age, people have to learn how to cope with living communally.

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This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frail or ill residents between 80 and 100 years of age, including people suffering with dementia. How residents interact with care assistants is emphasised, as are the different behaviours of men and women observed during a year of daily conversations between the author, patients and staff, who share their stories of the pressures of the work. Living Before Dying shows a world where, in extreme old age, people have to learn how to cope with living communally.

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