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The COVID-19 pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its absence, while also increasing the need for it.
Drawing on a range of research projects covering Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this book documents a broad spectrum of unpaid work performed by residents, relatives, volunteers and staff in nursing homes.
It demonstrates how boundaries between paid and unpaid work are flexible, varying considerably with conditions, time, place and intersectional populations.
By examining the complex labour process within nursing homes, this book provides insight and understanding which will be critical in planning for nursing home care post-pandemic.

Je m'appuie sur l'économie politique féministe pour argumenter qu'il nous faut changer notre approche. Au lieu de nous concentrer sur les structures du travail axées sur la déqualification et le contrôle de la maind'œuvre ou sur les individus et leur apprentissage formel, nous devons nous interroger sur les conditions qui empêchent les individus d'acquérir et d'utiliser les compétences voulues et réfléchir aux différents moyens de tenir compte du facteur temps dans la façon d'évaluer les compétences. Notre article se veut d'abord une intervention théorique dans le débat sur les compétences, mais qui prend racine dans une préoccupation très concrète : les compétences requises dans le domaine des soins de santé.Using a feminist political economy lens, I argue that there is a need to change how we approach skills in political economy. Instead of focusing solely on labor processes that deskill and limit control (as much of the rich political economy literature does, in this journal and elsewhere), or on individualized formal learning (as much of the management literature does), we need to ask what prevents people from developing and using the skills they need for their work, and how time can be factored into skill assessment. The argument is theoretical, but grows out of a practical concern with skills in health care.

Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Contributors; An Introduction to the Team and to Teamwork; Part 1 Privatization in Six Countries; Chapter 1 Privatizing Care: Setting the Stage; Chapter 2 The Growth of the For-Profit Nursing Home Sector in Norway and Sweden: Driving Forces and Resistance; Chapter 3 Privatization of Nursing Homes in the United Kingdom and the United States

'Creative Teamwork' is much more than a description of a new way of doing rapid ethnography to capture the rich complexity and contradictions of social relations, although it is certainly that. It is about the imagination, stimulation, and reflection that can come with international, interdisciplinary teams sharing the development, application, analysis, and dissemination of research. Although the book is based on a large, seven-year project studying care homes to search for promising practices and is guided by feminist political economy, the lessons we have learned are relevant for everyone undertaking empirical investigation.

Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Part II -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Part III -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Part IV -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

Shaping Academia for the Public Good will be a helpful resource for those interested in the potential of new research approaches to improve our healthcare system.