Personal assistants: Ideals of social care-work and consequences for the Norwegian personal assistance scheme

Ideal models of care change over time. In the case of personal assistance services, the major actors are influenced by different ideals of social care work. This article is based on a survey among personal assistants in Norway, with a central finding that assistants emphasise, to various degrees, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ingrid Guldvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2009-07-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/134