University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Foucault’s (1977) work fundamentally supported my understanding of the power dynamics that exist between long-term care providers and residents, with my particular focus in Adult Foster Care settings, as well as the potential for these dynamics to be deconstructed and reconstructed to transform the provider-resident relationship into equal- or near-equal status, with relational reciprocity. This potential has also been relevant for me in considering faculty-student pedagogical dynamics.