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This article investigates intersectional practices of culturally sensitive care by correlating discourse and practice. Methodologically, this article follows actors observed in retirement homes who translate discursive fragments of care into situated practices of care. In detailed analyses of practical coordination of action between caregivers and migrants suffering from dementia it will be shown that practices of intersubjectivity in culturally sensitive care are implicit, bodily performative, context sensitive, and in part culturally indifferent.

The Ageing Multicultural Society. Studies of Intersectional Practices in Culturally Sensitive Care

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article investigates intersectional practices of culturally sensitive care by correlating discourse and practice. Methodologically, this article follows...

The Ageing Multicultural Society. Studies of Intersectional Practices in Culturally Sensitive Care

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 305 - 329

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0016

Keywords
Old age, Intersectionality, dementia, migration, ethnography, culturally sensitive care

© 2020 Christian Meier zu Verl, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Ageing Multicultural Society. Studies of Intersectional Practices in Culturally Sensitive Care

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 305 - 329

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0016

KeywordsOld age, Intersectionality, dementia, migration, ethnography, culturally sensitive care

© 2020 Christian Meier zu Verl, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Old age, Intersectionality, dementia, migration, ethnography, culturally sensitive care