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Home care fault lines : understanding tensions and creating alliances / Cynthia J. Cranford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cranford, Cynthia, author.
- Series:
- Culture and politics of health care work.
- Cornell scholarship online.
- The culture and politics of health care work
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home care services--California--Los Angeles.
- Home care services.
- Home health aides--California--Los Angeles.
- Home health aides.
- Older people--Home care--California--Los Angeles.
- Older people.
- People with disabilities--Home care--California--Los Angeles.
- People with disabilities.
- Home care services--Ontario--Toronto.
- Home health aides--Ontario--Toronto.
- Older people--Home care--Ontario--Toronto.
- People with disabilities--Home care--Ontario--Toronto.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : ILR Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This revealing look at home care illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- Introduction: Tensions between Flexibility and Security
- 1. Gender, Migration, and the Pursuit of Security
- 2. Disability and the Quest for Flexibility
- 3. Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto’s Direct Funding
- 4. Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles’s In-Home Supportive Services
- 5. Agency-Led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto’s Home Care
- 6. Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto’s Attendant Services
- 7. Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor
- Appendix: Interviews and Methods
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 9781501749261
- 1501749269
- 9781501749285
- 1501749285
- OCLC:
- 1124799117
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