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Rhythmic rush: everyday outpatient care within microgeographies of home and “service complex systems”
Dominique Luzia Kauer
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Department of Social Geography, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Short summary
To understand how care standards affect everyday elderly home care, I conducted fieldwork in rural Germany. I found that strict guidelines on the time spent on care tasks impact the bodies of nurses and clients, as well as carers’ routines. Moreover, they alter the living spaces of the clients. All these findings suggest that digital technologies and standardized procedures can significantly influence care quality and everyday intimate encounters in the home space.
To understand how care standards affect everyday elderly home care, I conducted fieldwork in...
