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dc.contributor.authorKamp, Annette
dc.contributor.authorObstfelder, Aud
dc.contributor.authorAndersson, Katarina
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-25T07:56:10Z
dc.date.available2019-10-25T07:56:10Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-03
dc.description.abstractWelfare technologies have within the last few years become a new mantra for reforming the Nordic public health and social care, and are increasingly making their impact on working life of care professionals. Welfare technologies – a term exclusively used in a Nordic context – is a broad and loosely defined concept that covers a wide array of technologies such as tele-care solutions, automatic toilets, eating robots, GPS-trackers, and many others. They are envisioned as leading to a new and smarter form of retrenchment, promising better quality, empowerment of clients, and work that is smarter and more qualified (e.g., Danish government et al. 2013). Together with other reform initiatives like coproduction, rehabili- tation, and user-involvement, welfare technologies aim at enabling a change in the role of the clients/patients, stressing their resourcefulness and potentials and encouraging to self-responsibilization and self-care (Rose 1998; Triantafillou 2017). This implies a fundamental reorganization of care work, a transformation of what care and care work is about, and consequently of meaning and identity in work (see, e.g., Barnes & Cotterell 2012; Järvinen 2012; Kirkegaard & Andersen 2018; Meldgaard Hansen & Kamp 2018). More concretely, we may expect changes in work tasks, social relations and forms of cooperation between occupational groups, and new relations to clients/patients and their relatives. This may not only imply new challenges and strains in work but may also present new possibilities for employees to engage creatively in shaping work in ways that makes care work more meaningful and sustainable.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.v9iS5.112692>https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.v9iS5.112692</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKamp, A., Obstfelder, A. & Andersson, K. (2019). Welfare Technologies in Care Work. <i>Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 9</i>(s5). https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.v9iS5.112692en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1729795
dc.identifier.doi10.18291/njwls.v9iS5.112692
dc.identifier.issn2245-0157
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16470
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Royal Danish Libraryen_US
dc.relation.journalNordic Journal of Working Life Studies
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectMeaning & Cultureen_US
dc.subjectOrganization & Managementen_US
dc.titleWelfare Technologies in Care Worken_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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