| Project status | Ongoing |
|---|---|
| Contact | Claire Loughnan |
| Institution web page | https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/146247-claire-loughnan |
| Host institution | University of Melbourne and University of Technology Sydney |
| Team members | Sara Dehm, Claire Loughnan, Linda Steele |
| Project Summary | This project evaluates emerging litigation in relation to COVID-19 related deaths in Australian residential aged care centres, in terms of its capacity to address longer term structural harms of institutionalisation and activist calls for de-institutionalisation of aged care. In order to facilitate evaluation, the project compares aged care COVID-19 litigation with COVID-19 litigation strategies and outcomes in the context of an analogous confinement setting: immigration detention. The project involves critical analysis of court documents in COVID-19 litigation by reference to an interdisciplinary theoretical framework drawing on socio-legal studies, critical disability and ageing studies, and migration studies. |
| Outputs / Expected Outputs | Journal article on project is currently under review. |
KEYWORDS / CATEGORIES | |
| Countries | Australia |
| Care setting | Care homes/LTC facilities |
| Methods | Document analysis |
| Groups/organisations | Care partners of people living in LTCF | People living in care homes |