This article discusses the potential of poetics of care in a long-term care facility for older persons. The text is anchored in an ethnography conducted in a care home using participant observation, interviews, and accompanying day-to-day life in the home. One the central activities during field work were reading circles organized by the home. It was observed that the literature triggered affects and memories among the participants and constituted a form of care and production of health. Within this context, reading and reminiscing also produce health. Analyzing the experiences of the reading circles, the text explores the potential of literature and the experiences provoked by reading, seeking to understand how it affected the residents.
Keywords
Aging; Literature; Care home; Affect; Ethnography