La définition des tâches de l’aide à domicile a-t-elle pour corollaire l’absence des hommes ?

The long-term care policies for dependent elderly are at the origin of the construction of a job market which has never been formally defined but which has been structured with their provisions. The legislative framework contributes to bearing a definition that does not meet the needs of people losing their autonomy while it does not fund either the activities that are less traditionally considered as ?at home care? and de facto excludes men. Even though men help with the activities related to elderly care at home within their own families, it seems as if they are excluded or exclude themselves from professional care help. Thanks to an explorative statistic survey and ethnographic interviews, we will show how men are excluded from professional home care and how the few men who work as professional care givers contribute to remodeling the activity.