Community Care

The Ethics of Care in a Residential Community

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12901998
AutoresMarian Barnes (University of Brighton, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen14
Número2
Páginas140-155
Fecha de publicación2019-08-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2019.1652334
OpenAlexW2969285063
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas20

This article explores the relationship between ‘care’ and ‘community’ in the context of a residential community established to offer hospitality and support to people with addictions, mental health problems and other troubles. The community is located in a rural part of England and was established as a Christian community offering hospitality to people of all faiths or none. The source of data is oral history interviews conducted at the time of the community’s 60th anniversary. Feminist care ethics is used to offer an analysis of what constitutes care in this setting, as well as to explore insights into caregiver/care receiver relationships and the specific nature of responsibility in this context. The significance of both place and the non-human elements of the community (animals, cultivated land) are considered, as well as the importance of time in relation to daily and seasonal rhythms of community life. The article suggests that care for the community is necessary to sustain care for members of the community and that this offers a valuable different perspective from an emphasis on individualised care

CARE Act · Care in the Community · Context (archaeology · Ethics of care · Geography · Health care · Hospitality · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Social Work Education and Practice