Dimensions of care in five United States nursing homes: identifying invisible work in care-giving.
This article reports on a study carried out to identify components of practical knowledge, which is the knowledge that is used to guide decision-making and actions, used by care-givers in nursing homes. The practical knowledge behind the giving of care in the day-to-day activities in five nursing homes was studied and models for such care were developed. One finding from this study was that a large portion of the work of caring as known and understood by care-participants (patients, families, and nursing staff) was excluded from prescribed routines established by administration for care.
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Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 27412, USA.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009732:Nursing Care; D009735:Nursing Homes; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States