Empowering the Elderly?
How ›Help to Self-Help‹ Health Interventions Shape Ageing and Eldercare in Denmark
Health programmes that offer ›help to self-help‹ are meant to empower ageing adults to remain independent and self-sufficient at home for as long as possible. But what happens when the private home becomes a political realm in which state intervention and individual agency happen simultaneously? Based on 15 months of ethnographic fieldwork in a Danish municipality, Amy Clotworthy describes how both health professionals and elderly citizens negotiate the political discourses about health and ageing that frame their relational encounter. By elucidating some of the conflicts, paradoxes, and negotiations that occur, she provides important insights into the contemporary organisation of eldercare.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
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Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Abstract
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Acknowledgements
Seiten 11 - 12 -
Preface
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Introduction
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1 From help to self-help: the transformation of eldercare in Denmark
Seiten 41 - 62 -
2 'Following the rhetoric' in a Danish municipality
Seiten 63 - 94 -
PART I: LABOUR – activity related to the biological process of the human body
Introduction
Seiten 97 - 98 -
3 Evaluating the body's need for help
Seiten 99 - 114 -
4 Embodying potential
Seiten 115 - 128 -
Summary
Seiten 129 - 130 -
PART II: WORK – activity related to the artificial world of structures and objects
Introduction
Seiten 133 - 134 -
5 Navigating public/private divisions
Seiten 135 - 146 -
6 Stabilising the home to promote 'ageing in place'
Seiten 147 - 164 -
Summary
Seiten 165 - 166 -
PART III: ACTION – activity related to the human condition of plurality
Introduction
Seiten 169 - 172 -
7 Offering free choice and empowerment
Seiten 173 - 186 -
8 Producing a 'shared responsibility' for care
Seiten 187 - 200 -
Summary
Seiten 201 - 202 -
9 CONCLUSION: Transforming eldercare in Denmark
Seiten 203 - 218 -
Afterword
Seiten 219 - 224 -
Bibliography
Seiten 225 - 240 -
APPENDIX A
Overview of key informants
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APPENDIX B
Declaration of confidentiality for the municipality (Tavshedserklæring til kommunen)
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Criminal record (straffeattest)
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APPENDIX C
Informeret samtykke – kommunale personale
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Informed consent – municipal personnel
Seiten 255 - 256 -
Informeret samtykke – borgere
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Informed consent – citizens
Seiten 259 - 262
15. Juli 2020, 262 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5211-6
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