Abstract Background and Objectives The stigma of working in aged care can discredit and
devalue those working in gerontology. This overlooked workforce issue may underpin …

Background Despite decades of advocates striving to enhance gerontological content in
baccalaureate nursing programs, nurses are still graduating with inadequate knowledge …

There is now a substantial body of literature on the coping strategies used by workers
employed in stigmatized dirty work. However, there is insufficient knowledge about what …

Background Although codes of conduct, guidelines and standards call for healthcare
practitioners to protect patients' dignity, there are widespread concerns about a lack of …

Within industrial societies, firefighters are often sexualized, celebrated and elevated as
respectable working‐class heroes. Drawing from fieldwork and interviews with 33 men …

Abstract Background and Objectives Although society has cultivated a deeper appreciation
for essential health services, societal discourses reinforce a stigma of working in aged care …

Aims and objectives To describe and critically analyse the thinking that led to the concept of
an association between incontinence, care dependence and elder abuse. Background …

Dirty work research has long analytically prioritized focusing on the people who do dirty
work, largely sidestepping who the clients of dirty work are and what contribution they can …

We offer a broad understanding of contemporary issues relevant to the long-term care (LTC)
sector and its workers, globally, and the concurrent evolution and involution of these …

Background: Quality of life and care varies between and within the care homes in which
almost half a million older people live and over half a million direct care staff (registered …