Wash, Wear, and Care: Clothing and Laundry in Long-Term Residential Care

by Pat Armstrong and Suzanne Day

Clothing and appearance are steeped in social and personal significance, conveying individuals? gender, class, culture, and occupation. In the communal setting of long-term residential care, where residents? autonomy and mobility are often limited but their dignity and identity are paramount, clothes have become crucial issues and the source of tension for residents, their families, and staff. Assessing the neglected but important labour involved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773549234
• ISBN13: 9780773549234
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"