Abstract

Comparing the situation of workers in nursing homes in two Canadian provinces and two states in the USA, this study draws on narrative accounts from frontline workers and finds that despite variation in the severity of the outbreaks they experienced, nursing home workers in each jurisdiction demonstrated three types of responses to pandemic policy changes that are theorized as resistance, innovation, and improvisation. Data for the study was compiled using a novel method of interrogating newspaper articles to identify narrative accounts and interviews with nursing home workers.Note: In the interests of space, street-level theory and the pandemic context underpinning the articles for this Special Issue are discussed in detail in the Introduction to the Issue

抽象的

通过比较加拿大两个省和美国两个州的疗养院工人的状况，本研究借鉴了前线工人的叙述，发现尽管他们经历的疫情严重程度有所不同，但每个辖区的疗养院工人显示出三个对大流行性政策变化的反应类型，其理论上是抵制，创新和即兴创作。这项研究的数据是使用一种新颖的审讯报纸文章的方法来汇编的，以识别叙述性叙述和与养老院工作人员的访谈。注意：为了空间的利益，本期特刊的文章详细讨论了街头理论和流行背景