Caring on the Clock : The Complexities and Contradictions of Paid Care Work / Mignon Duffy, Clare L. Stacey, Amy Armenia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Armenia, Amy, Editor.

Duffy, Mignon, Editor.

Nelson, Margaret K.

Stacey, Clare L., Editor.

Series:

Families in focus.

Families in Focus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Household employees.

Caregivers.

Service industries workers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being. Caring on the Clock is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research on a wide range of paid care occupations, and to place the various fields within a comprehensive and comparative framework across occupational boundaries. The book includes twenty-two original essays by leading researchers across a range of disciplines-including sociology, psychology, social work, and public health. They examine the history of the paid care sector in America, reveal why paid-care work can be both personally fulfilling but also make workers vulnerable to burnout, emotional fatigue, physical injuries, and wage exploitation. Finally, the editors outline many innovative ideas for reform, including top-down and grassroots efforts to improve recognition, remuneration, and mobility for care workers. As America faces a series of challenges to providing care for its citizens, including the many aging baby boomers, this volume offers a wealth of information and insight for policymakers, scholars, advocates, and the general public.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Foreword / Nelson, Margaret K.

Acknowledgments

Part I. Paid Care Work

1. On the Clock, Off the Radar: Paid Care Work in the United States / Duffy, Mignon / Armenia, Amy / Stacey, Clare L.

2. Beyond Outsourcing: Paid Care Work in Historical Perspective / Duffy, Mignon

Part II. Contexts of Care

3. The Best of Both Worlds? How Direct Care Workers Perceive Home Health Agencies and Long-Term-Care Institutions / Price-Glynn, Kim / Rakovski, Carter

4. The Business of Caring: Women's Self-Employment and the Marketization of Care / Anderson, Nickela / Hughes, Karen D.

5. Are Frontline Healthcare Jobs "Good" Jobs? Examining Job Quality across Occupations and Healthcare Settings / Dill, Janette S.

Part III. Hazards of Care

7. The Health Hazards of Health Care Physical and Psychosocial Stressors in Paid Care Work / Kurowski, Alicia / Boyer, Jon / Punnett, Laura

8. When the Home Is a Workplace Promoting Health and Safety for a Vulnerable Work Force / Markkanen, Pia / Quinn, Margaret / Sama, Susan

9. Part of the Job? Workplace Violence and Social Services / Zelnick, Jennifer

10. Double Isolation Immigrants and Older Adult Care Work in Canada / Bourgeault, Ivy

Part IV. Identities and Meaning Making

11. The Caring Professional? Nurse Practitioners, Social Work, and the Performance of Expertise / Trotter, Latonya J.

12. Building a Professional Identity Boundary Work and Meaning Making among West African Immigrant Nurses / Showers, Fumilayo

13. Ethnic Logics Race and Ethnicity in Nanny Employment / Macdonald, Cameron Lynne

14. Caring or Catering? Emotions, Autonomy, and Subordination in Lifestyle Work / Sherman, Rachel

Part V. Work and Family

15. Low-Wage Care Workers Extended Family as a Strategy for Survival / Gerstel, Naomi / Clawson, Dan

16. "It's Like a Family" Caring Labor, Exploitation, and Race in Nursing Homes / Dodson, Lisa / Zincavage, Rebekah M.

17. Caught between Love and Money The Experiences of Paid Family Caregivers / Stacey, Clare L. / Ayers, Lindsey L.

18. Paying Family Caregivers Parental Leave and Gender Equality in Sweden / Zimmerman, Mary K.

Part VI. Paths to Change

19. For Children and Self Understanding Collective Action among Early Childhood Educators / Hammonds, Clare

20. Creating Expertise and Autonomy Family Day Care Providers' Attitudes toward Professionalization / Armenia, Amy

21. Building a Movement of Caring Selves Organizing Direct Care Workers / Little, Deborah L.

22. Healthy Diversity Promoting a Diverse Healthcare Work Force Through Innovative Partnerships / Haynes, Michelle C. / Bond, Meg A. / Toof, Robin A. / Shroll, Teresa / Holmberg, Michelle D.

23. Building Meaningful Career Lattices Direct Care Work ers in Long-Term Care / Morgan, Jennifer Craft / Farrar, Brandy

Epilogue: Making Paid Care Work / Duffy, Mignon / Stacey, Clare L. / Armenia, Amy

References

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

0-8135-6313-5

OCLC:

899212256