”Man är där, men du är osynlig kan man säga”: Vuxna utrikesfödda vårdelevers möten med äldreomsorgens olika normer och värderingar
[“You are there, but you are invisible, one might say”: Adult foreign-born care providers’ encounters with the different norms and values in elderly care settings]
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https://doi.org/10.3384/njvet.2242-458X.2515546Keywords:
norms, values, health and social care education, adult education, immigrants, elderly careAbstract
This article aims to highlight and critically examine the norms and values encountered by adult foreign-born students in health and social care education during internships in elderly care settings. Despite political strategies to integrate foreign-born individuals into the elderly care workforce, research on this group of vocational students remains limited. Using focus group interviews, adult foreign-born students in health and social care education were interviewed. The findings reveal that the students primarily become aware of the norms in elderly care through observing their supervisors’ actions. These observations help make abstract concepts – such as delivering quality care and promoting independence – more tangible and applicable in practice. The personal values of the staff and care recipients emerge when the students face xenophobia. The students recognise having an education as essential for acceptance within the community of practice of elderly care and in society. However, their values sometimes conflict with the norms of the community of practice, particularly due to their deep respect for the elderly care recipients.
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