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Rethinking restriction in residential aged care: Dis/abling movement and relations in the time of COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorZhang, A.
dc.contributor.authorZivkovic, T.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractRestricting movement is a major focus in policy directives to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in aged care homes. In this article, we rethink dominant framing of restriction through a critical examination of the politics of good care and ethnographic attention to spatial extensions and interdependencies between residents, care workers, and assistive technologies. Drawing on ethnographic observations in two South Australian care facilities, analysis of aged care policies and national inquiries into aged care, and relevant media reporting, we examine how restriction to movement, misconceptualized as a good form of care, has suppressed residents’ physical and social needs and ruptured abling assemblages of resident mobility. We propose that walking alongside aged and frail residents offers new ways for thinking about care and re-abling relational approaches to care in times of crisis.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAngela R. Y. Zhang, and Tanya Zivkovic
dc.identifier.citationSpace and Culture, 2023; 26(3):351-364
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/12063312231159227
dc.identifier.issn1206-3312
dc.identifier.issn1552-8308
dc.identifier.orcidZhang, A. [0000-0003-4493-9872]
dc.identifier.orcidZivkovic, T. [0000-0002-4990-4372]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/141569
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/12063312231159227
dc.subjectcare; aging; assemblage; COVID-19; movement; restriction
dc.titleRethinking restriction in residential aged care: Dis/abling movement and relations in the time of COVID-19
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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