Care Communication: Making a home in a Japanese eldercare facility

by Peter Backhaus

Book Overview

This book studies communication in institutional eldercare. It is based on audio-recorded interactions between residents and staff in a Japanese care facility. The focus is on the morning care routines, which include getting the residents out of bed and ready for the day. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the analysis explores the characteristics of care communication as they become manifest in the interactional small print. Topics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367410664
• ISBN13: 9780367410667
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"