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Elderly care in transition : management, meaning, and identity at work : a Scandinavian perspective

Title: Elderly care in transition : management, meaning, and identity at work : a Scandinavian perspective / Annette Kamp and Helge Hvid (eds.).
Publication: [Copenhagen] : Copenhagen Business School Press, 2012.

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245 pages; 23 cm

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1 Introduction: Elderly care in transition / Annette Kamp Kamp, Annette, Helge Hvid Hvid, Helge 13 -- Three types of criticism of modernisation 15 -- Objectives and background of the book 20 -- Introduction to the chapters of the book 21 -- References 26 -- 2 Paradoxes in Elderly Care: The Nordic Model / Hanne Marlene Dahl Dahl, Hanne Marlene, Bente Rasmussen Rasmussen, Bente 29 -- Introduction 29 -- A Nordic model in elderly care? 31 -- State engineered professionalisation 33 -- New Public Management: Context and ambiguity 35 -- New Public Management as quality: Standardisation and free choice 38 -- Quality, meaning and resistance 39 -- Paradoxes 41 -- Conclusion 42 -- References 45 -- 3 The quest for the meaning of work: Competing concepts of meaning / Annette Kamp Kamp, Annette 51 -- Introduction 51 -- The classic conceptions: Controversies on meaning, motivation and work 54 -- Meaning of work: a critical perspective 59 -- A management perspective on meaning 63 -- Meaning from a transformation perspective 69 -- Conclusion and perspectives 73 -- References 76 -- 4 Knowledge at play: Positioning care workers as professionals through scientific rationality and caring dispositions / Andreas Fejes Fejes, Andreas 83 -- Introduction 83 -- Background 85 -- Method 89 -- Policy discourse on professionalisation 90 -- Constituting a caring self: caring for and caring about 92 -- Acknowledging caring dispositions 95 -- Discussion 100 -- References 103 -- 5 Meaning of work in elderly care in Denmark: Fragile reconstructions / Annette Kamp Kamp, Annette 107 -- Introduction 107 -- Meaning of work -- a dynamic approach 110 -- The emergence of professional identities 113 -- Home helpers at a crossroads 116 -- Different perspectives -- the meaning of work 117 -- Meaning and identity in transition 125 -- Concluding discussion 128 -- References 130 -- 6 The meaning of work from subjective and intersubjective perspectives -- a daily conflict of creating and losing meaning in elderly care / Betina Dybbroe Dybbroe, Betina 133 -- Acknowledgement of workers' subjective meaning in elderly care 136 -- Subjective meaning 140 -- The meeting 142 -- A case of intersubjective and subjective meaning 145 -- Meaning in the meeting of a care worker, a dying patient and relatives 146 -- Subjective meaning in care work 148 -- Subjective meaning in the meeting with societal structures 150 -- Meaning from a managerial perspective 153 -- Concluding remarks 159 -- References 160 -- 7 New Public Management: Constructing a new management identity in care for the elderly / Bente Rasmussen Rasmussen, Bente 165 -- Introduction 165 -- Power, freedom and self-discipline 167 -- Managing public services 169 -- Method and data 172 -- Power and freedom to manage in nursing homes 174 -- Boundless work in home-based care 177 -- Power and freedom to manage? 182 -- References 186 -- 8 Creating meaning in dementia care work -- a story of (re)professionalisation? / Pernille Bottrup Bottrup, Pernille, Per Bruhn Bruhn, Per 189 -- Introduction 189 -- A brief glance into the world of a dementia care centre 191 -- Dementia care work-a historical perspective 193 -- Creation of meaning as a learning process 201 -- Meaning in dementia care -- case analysis 204 -- Summary and conclusion 222 -- References 227 -- 9 The future of elderly care -- beyond New Public Management? / Helge Hvid Hvid, Helge, Annette Kamp Kamp, Annette 231 -- The external perspective: Scandinavian elderly care as an object lesson 231 -- The internal perspective: Scandinavian elderly care as a maltreatment sector 233 -- New Public Management and the quality of elderly care 234 -- New outlook? 236 -- Innovation in elderly care daily practice 237 -- Gradual professionalisation 239 -- Changes in local management? 241 -- Changes in management systems? 242 -- Beyond New Public Management? 243 -- References 244.

ISBN

9788763002448
8763002442

LCCN

2011410921

OCLC

ocn759911589
759911589
SCSB-1641351

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Princeton University Library