Caring on the clock : the complexities and contradictions of paid care work /
"A nurse inserts an I.V.A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Caring on the Clock provides a we...
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Families in focus.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Paid care work. On the clock, off the radar: paid care work in the United States / Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia, and Clare L. Stacey
- Beyond outsourcing: paid care work in historical perspective / Mignon Duffy
- pt. II. Contexts of care. The best of both worlds? How direct care workers perceive home health agencies and long-term-care institutions / Kim Price-Glynn and Carter Rakovski
- The business of caring: women's self-employment and the marketization of care / Nickela Anderson and Karen D. Hughes
- Are frontline healthcare jobs "good" jobs? Examining job quality across occupations and healthcare settings / Janette S. Dill
- Orienting end-of-life care: the hidden value of Hospice home visits / Cindy L. Cain
- pt. III. Hazards of care. The health hazards of health care: physical and psychosocial stressors in paid care work / Alicia Kurowski, Jon Boyer, and Laura Punnett
- When the home Is a workplace: promoting health and safety for a vulnerable workforce / Pia Markkanen, Margaret Quinn, and Susan Sama
- Part of the job? Workplace violence and social services / Jennifer Zelnick
- Double isolation: immigrants and older adult care work in Canada / Ivy Bourgeault
- pt. IV. Identities and meaning making. The caring professional? Nurse practitioners, social work, and the performance of expertise / LaTonya J. Trotter
- Building a professional identity: boundary work and meaning making among West African immigrant nurses / Fumilayo Showers
- Ethnic logics: race and ethnicity in nanny employment / Cameron Lynne Macdonald
- Caring or catering? Emotions, autonomy, and subordination in lifestyle work / Rachel Sherman
- pt. V. Work and family. Low-wage care workers: extended family as a strategy for survival / Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson
- "It's like a family": caring labor, exploitation, and race in nursing homes / Lisa Dodson and Rebekah M. Zincavage
- Caught between love and money: the experiences of paid family caregivers / Clare L. Stacey and Lindsey L. Ayers
- Paying family caregivers: parental leave and gender equality in Sweden / Mary K. Zimmerman
- pt. VI. Paths to change. For children and self: understanding collective action among early childhood educators / Clare Hammonds
- Creating expertise and autonomy: family day care providers' attitudes toward professionalization / Amy Armenia
- Building a movement of caring selves: organizing direct care workers / Deborah L. Little
- Healthy diversity: promoting a diverse healthcare work force through innovative partnerships / Michelle C. Haynes, Meg A. Bond, Robin A. Toof, Teresa Shroll, and Michelle D. Holmberg
- Building meaningful career lattices: direct care workers in long-term care / Jennifer Craft Morgan and Brandy Farrar
- Making paid care work / Mignon Duffy, Clare L. Stacey, and Amy Armenia.