Most people become more reliant on care and support as they age. The constitution of ageing people in the context of nursing support thus represents a material aspect in the daily life of these people and must be taken into account in the science of gerontology. However, theories of (geriatric) care have previously been predominantly human-centric. In light of the material turn, the goal of this paper is to highlight the potential to be found in using agential realism to critically examine geriatric care. It will begin by detailing previous perspectives on geriatric care and any use of material aspects to be found in it. It will then present a conceptual-methodical approach that allows for an examination of the act of caring, taking material aspects into account. The application of this approach to empirical material drawn from an example of acute care in Germany will, in conclusion, illustrate significant elements that, in light of agential realism, must also be taken into account when investigating what it means to provide good geriatric care.

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实质性对专业老年护理的影响：概念、方法论和实证见解

随着年龄的增长，大多数人变得更加依赖护理和支持。因此，护理支持背景下老年人的体质代表了这些人日常生活的一个物质方面，必须在老年学科学中予以考虑。然而，（老年）护理理论以前主要以人为中心。鉴于材料转向，本文的目标是强调使用代理现实主义批判性地研究老年护理的潜力。它将首先详细介绍以前对老年护理的看法以及其中所发现的物质方面的任何使用。然后，它将提出一种概念方法方法，允许在考虑物质方面的情况下检查护理行为。总之，将这种方法应用于从德国急症护理实例中提取的经验材料，将说明根据代理现实主义，在调查提供良好的老年护理意味着什么时也必须考虑到的重要因素。