Fuga "nel" labirinto: traiettorie del personale sociosanitario e frammentazione istituzionale del sistema delle residenze per anziani

The residential care sector for dependent elderly persons in Italy is characterized by a growing labor short-age. In addition to the long-standing shortage of nurses, there is also a shortage of personal care workers. Contributing to this shortage is the tendency of both these professionals to «flee» to the health-hospital sector. However, based on a recent debate and the narratives of key informants, the intensity of this shortage shows significant variations within the residential care sector, especially in relation to the legal nature and management of the facilities. The aim of this contribution is to clarify the processes that originated in this situation and to analyze the strategies in place, starting from the case study of the Veneto Region. Through the analysis of policy documents at a national, regional and local level, the analysis of national collective agreements applied to the sector and interviews with stakeholders and privileged actors, the paper intends to contribute to the debate on the segmentation processes of care work, highlighting how within the same sector dualization dynamics may emerge.