Maya Christiane Flensborg Jensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 307329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maya Christiane Flensborg Jensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maya Christiane Flensborg |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN M C F |
| AFFILIATIONS | VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8111-4226 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
It’s a Limbo”: The Moral Scenes of Interpreting Autonomy in Danish Intellectual Disability Care
In Denmark, people with intellectual disabilities who live in supported housing are entitled to both care and autonomy. Catering to these ideals creates situated dilemmas for caregivers and residents, especially when increased attention to autonomy brings "good" care into question. In this article, we demonstrate that individuals with intellectual disabilities express their autonomy by both verbal and non-verbal means, which can be multifaceted a…
Autonomy and Human Rights Dilemmas in Supported Housing for People With Intellectual Disabilities
The right to individual autonomy, including the freedom to make one’s own choices, is a central tenet of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is increasingly emphasized in policies promoting deinstitutionalization of social care services for people with intellectual disabilities. However, realizing this right in practice remains a complex challenge. Existing literature often frames social care workers (SCWs) as either …
Building a holistic health approach in supported housing for people with intellectual disabilities in Denmark
People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) face health issues and barriers to physical activity. Health promotion programmes targeting this group are often short-term. Few programmes have been designed for people with IDs who live in supported housing staffed by social care workers (SCWs). The potential that SCWs hold as health promoters has recently come into focus within literature with a setting approach. Drawing on an ethnographic study, thi…
Making assessment protocols workable: Navigating transparency and person-centredness in Norwegian reablement
Western welfare states are facing great challenges as they strive to optimise their health and social systems in response to the realities of an ageing population. Many countries put a stake on reablement services-short-term rehabilitative interventions aiming to help older people regain functional capacity. To ensure a person-centred approach and outcome measures, service providers are recommended to follow a protocol designed for the dual purpo…
Performative identity regulation in rehabilitative home care work: An analysis of how experts’ embodied mediation of the managerial ideology ‘activates’ new frontline identities
This article explores how therapists when introduced as new so-called frontline ‘experts’ in home care work, become both discursive and embodied mediators for the managerial ideology of rehabilitation, and how their presence regulates the care aides’ subjectivities at work. We show how the managerial discourse of rehabilitation mobilizes the care aides to transform their identity from traditional nurturing to rehabilitation, as a result of promot…
Gender Stereotypes and the Reshaping of Stigma in Rehabilitative Eldercare
Rehabilitation policies are becoming increasingly popular in eldercare as a means to ensure dignity and reduce costs. This paper examines the implications of rehabilitation within Danish homecare work, a type of work that is often stigmatized due to its associations with low‐status ‘dirty’ body work in old people's homes. The paper combines two research traditions: studies of dirty work and studies of body work. It draws on observations and focus…
Gender Stereotypes and the Reshaping of Stigma in Rehabilitative Eldercare
Rehabilitation policies are becoming increasingly popular in eldercare as a means to ensure dignity and reduce costs. This paper examines the implications of rehabilitation within Danish homecare work, a type of work that is often stigmatized due to its associations with low‐status ‘dirty’ body work in old people's homes. The paper combines two research traditions: studies of dirty work and studies of body work. It draws on observations and focus…
Performative identity regulation in rehabilitative home care work: An analysis of how experts’ embodied mediation of the managerial ideology ‘activates’ new frontline identities
This article explores how therapists when introduced as new so-called frontline ‘experts’ in home care work, become both discursive and embodied mediators for the managerial ideology of rehabilitation, and how their presence regulates the care aides’ subjectivities at work. We show how the managerial discourse of rehabilitation mobilizes the care aides to transform their identity from traditional nurturing to rehabilitation, as a result of promot…
Autonomy and Human Rights Dilemmas in Supported Housing for People With Intellectual Disabilities
The right to individual autonomy, including the freedom to make one’s own choices, is a central tenet of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is increasingly emphasized in policies promoting deinstitutionalization of social care services for people with intellectual disabilities. However, realizing this right in practice remains a complex challenge. Existing literature often frames social care workers (SCWs) as either …
Gender Stereotypes and the Reshaping of Stigma in Rehabilitative Eldercare
Rehabilitation policies are becoming increasingly popular in eldercare as a means to ensure dignity and reduce costs. This paper examines the implications of rehabilitation within Danish homecare work, a type of work that is often stigmatized due to its associations with low‐status ‘dirty’ body work in old people's homes. The paper combines two research traditions: studies of dirty work and studies of body work. It draws on observations and focus…
Performative identity regulation in rehabilitative home care work: An analysis of how experts’ embodied mediation of the managerial ideology ‘activates’ new frontline identities
This article explores how therapists when introduced as new so-called frontline ‘experts’ in home care work, become both discursive and embodied mediators for the managerial ideology of rehabilitation, and how their presence regulates the care aides’ subjectivities at work. We show how the managerial discourse of rehabilitation mobilizes the care aides to transform their identity from traditional nurturing to rehabilitation, as a result of promot…
Building a holistic health approach in supported housing for people with intellectual disabilities in Denmark
People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) face health issues and barriers to physical activity. Health promotion programmes targeting this group are often short-term. Few programmes have been designed for people with IDs who live in supported housing staffed by social care workers (SCWs). The potential that SCWs hold as health promoters has recently come into focus within literature with a setting approach. Drawing on an ethnographic study, thi…
Making assessment protocols workable: Navigating transparency and person-centredness in Norwegian reablement
Western welfare states are facing great challenges as they strive to optimise their health and social systems in response to the realities of an ageing population. Many countries put a stake on reablement services-short-term rehabilitative interventions aiming to help older people regain functional capacity. To ensure a person-centred approach and outcome measures, service providers are recommended to follow a protocol designed for the dual purpo…
Autonomy and Human Rights Dilemmas in Supported Housing for People With Intellectual Disabilities
The right to individual autonomy, including the freedom to make one’s own choices, is a central tenet of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is increasingly emphasized in policies promoting deinstitutionalization of social care services for people with intellectual disabilities. However, realizing this right in practice remains a complex challenge. Existing literature often frames social care workers (SCWs) as either …
It’s a Limbo”: The Moral Scenes of Interpreting Autonomy in Danish Intellectual Disability Care
In Denmark, people with intellectual disabilities who live in supported housing are entitled to both care and autonomy. Catering to these ideals creates situated dilemmas for caregivers and residents, especially when increased attention to autonomy brings "good" care into question. In this article, we demonstrate that individuals with intellectual disabilities express their autonomy by both verbal and non-verbal means, which can be multifaceted a…
Autonomy (2 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 works) · Intellectual disability (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)