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Author Armstrong, Pat, 1945- author.

Title Wash, wear, and care : clothing and laundry in long-term residential care / Pat Armstrong and Suzanne Day
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017

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Contents Introduction: setting the stage -- Who pays and who profits -- The labour of laundry and clothing -- Risky business -- Clothing, laundry, and taking care -- Contradictions, tensions, and possibilities -- Conclusions
Summary How clothing and laundry provide a window on to the structuring of care and work in nursing homes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Nursing home residents -- Clothing -- Social aspects
Nursing home residents -- Clothing -- Psychological aspects
Laundry -- Social aspects
Autonomy (Psychology) in old age.
Older people -- Health and hygiene.
Older people -- Long-term care.
Clothing and dress.
Nursing Homes -- organization & administration
Clothing
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Clothing and dress
Autonomy (Psychology) in old age
Older people -- Health and hygiene
Older people -- Long-term care
Kleidung
Wäschepflege
Hauspflege
Genre/Form Electronic books
Textbooks
Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
Author Day, Suzanne, 1982- author.
ISBN 9780773549241
0773549242
9780773549258
0773549250