In 2020, Covid-19 was spreading quickly in nursing homes, leading to numerous challenges for care workers. We tell the story of Marieke, a devoted female care assistant working in a Belgian nursing home that is customer-centred in their organisational model. Her narrative provides poignant insights into the ‘work and life’ struggles and conflicts of a female care assistant facing the challenges of this model during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has left the largely female care workforce widely exposed to the risk of work intensification and over-involvement with residents, especially in a context of liberalisation and privatisation of care. In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, this model led to Marieke facing the unprecedented fear of endangering her own life and the lives of those she loves. In this article, she reflects on her work and family life under the strain of ensuring physical distancing in a nursing home.

2020 年，Covid-19 在疗养院中迅速传播，给护理人员带来了诸多挑战。我们讲述了 Marieke 的故事，她是一位在比利时疗养院工作的忠实女性护理助理，该疗养院的组织模式以客户为中心。她的叙述提供了对女性护理助理在 Covid-19 大流行期间面临这种模式挑战的“工作和生活”斗争和冲突的深刻见解，这使主要女性护理人员广泛暴露于工作集约化和过度参与居民，尤其是在护理自由化和私有化的背景下。在 Covid-19 大流行的早期阶段，这种模式导致玛丽克面临前所未有的恐惧，即危及自己的生命和她所爱的人的生命。在本文中，