Care, practice and rhetoric -- if differences in expression was among staff in aldre -- (and Disability care

The aim of this article is to analyze the stories told by care workers engaged in formal care of the elderly & persons with disabilities. The empirical material consists of qualitative interviews with 28 Swedish care workers. The analysis reveals that the personnel in both care settings are focusing on routines & support for their caretakers, but are doing so in different ways. Our interpretation focuses on the differences between the personnel engaged in elderly & disability care & on how the relations between care workers & caretakers are being revealed in the narratives. The conclusion is that the personnel are affected by structural conditions such as ideologies, laws & the design of the settings. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.