Soom Ammann, EvaEvaSoom AmmannRauber, GabrielaGabrielaRauberSalis Gross, CorinaCorinaSalis Gross2024-11-192024-11-1920181357-627510.24451/arbor.6713https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.671310.1080/13576275.2018.1483906https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/40012This paper presents ethnographic data on a migrant-specific nursing home ward in Switzerland. It shows that the structurally pre-defined segregation of residents sharing a common characteristic affects care practices along three dimensions: performances of sameness/otherness, informalisation of relationships and language/understanding. Yet, ‘death work’ showed little difference to non-segregated wards. However, relatives’ practices in dying trajectories were less congruent with nursing home ‘doing death’, and collisions may evolve. The need for negotiations associated with running a segregated ward seems to elicit enhanced institutional reflexivity with potential to increase the ability of institutions to provide diversity-sensitive services to all residents.enarticle