Pat Armstrong’s Care Homes in A Turbulent Era calls for a Transformation in Care.

Care Homes in a Tumultuous Era: Do They Have a Future? (Edward Elgar, 2023) points to the spotlight the COVID-19 pandemic shone on the inadequacies in long-term care homes and calls for reforms to address them. Not only the high death rates, but also the tales of neglect and staffing shortages have led some to call for eliminating care homes entirely. Armstrong and her co-authors argue that, with effort, the homes can become places of joy and comfort both for the people who work there and the residents.

This thoughtful book provides a refreshing, comparative perspective on the future of care homes in our post-pandemic world. Building on more than a decade of collaborative international and interdisciplinary research in Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, it employs a feminist political economy framework to address the key challenges facing care homes in this turbulent era.

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