Menu, Journal of Food and Hospitality Research Volume 4, 2015, Pages 22-26
Eating together, dying together. Playing commensality in French nursing homes
Laura GUERIN The Center for Food and Hospitality Research, Institut Paul Bocuse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26048/yybc-9c10 Abstract: Based on an ethnographic investigation in EHPAD1 , the article describes the practices and interactions that take part in the daily organization of a shared meal in the context of an accommodation focused on the management of physical and psychological dependencies of individuals in the final stage of life.
Keywords: Commensality, meal, EHPAD, dependency care, end of life
