EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CCBYNCND licence The COVID pandemic has made unpaid care more visible through its absence while also increasing the need for it Drawing on a range of research projects covering Canada Germany Norway Sweden the UK and the US this book documents a broad spectrum of unpaid work performed by residents relatives volunteers and staff in nursing homes It demonstrates how boundaries between paid and unpaid work are flexible varying considerably with conditions time place and intersectional populations By examining the complex labour process within nursing homes this book provides insight and understanding which will be critical in planning for nursing home care postpandemic