« Faire du domicile » à la campagne : identités professionnelles des aides à domicile pour personnes âgées dans les mondes ruraux

Abstract

Based on a case study of home care workers at the ADMR of Bocage Ornais in Normandy, this article focuses on the spatial dimension of the professional identities of home care workers in rural areas. The entry by the space of practice (the home) and the territory of exercise (rural environment) makes it possible to show how the workers think, practice and define their profession. The attention paid to the variation of these professional identities according to the profiles and trajectories of the homecare workers highlights their construction processes, as a positioning in a field of professional norms and practices.

Keywords

• home care services ; dependence ; rurality; professions ; identities ; trajectories