The labour crisis in long term care : the right to care / edited by Pat Armstrong (Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Sociology, York University, Toronto), Hugh Armstrong (Professor Emeritus of Social Work and Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa), and Jacqueline A. Choiniere (Associate Professor,School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Canada).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Armstrong, Pat, editor.

Armstrong, Hugh, editor.

Choiniere, Jacqueline A., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor.

Medical policy.

Medical care--Employees.

Medical care.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Incorporating in-depth historical and empirical research, this book examines the widely acknowledged crisis in the long term care labour force. A diverse array of experts compare labour force strategies in Canada, Norway and Sweden and invite readers to rethink approaches to the long term care labour force, starting with the lives of those who do the work. Focusing on different dominant strategies, chapter authors analyze how innovative approaches might be employed to reorganize, retain, reduce, replace, and recruit workers. They assess each strategy in terms of promoting the right to care and explore limitations on the right to access quality care services and the right to provide quality long term care. Ultimately, they argue that the conditions of work are the conditions of care, conditions that include the overall structures, policies and practices that shape the work and care. The Labour Crisis in Long Term Care is a thought-provoking book that will appeal to students and researchers in health services, aging, labour policy, sociology of work and social work. Managers, researchers and leaders in health care and health policy decision-makers will also benefit from this important resource"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Quality care and quality work / Pat Armstrong

2. Reorganizing the long-term care sector inOntario, norway, and Sweden: Does it address labour issues? / Susan Braedley, Frode F. Jacobsen and Marta Szebehely

3. Retaining workers: Revisiting nursing home working conditions / Jacqueline A. Choiniere, Christine Streeter, Frode F. Jacobsen, Hugh Armstrong, and Rebecka Strandell

4. Reducing labour: Aging in place, responsibilization, innovation, and public expectations in long-term care / Gudmund ¿gotnes, Susan Braedley, James Struthers, and Marta Szebehely

5. Replacing labour? Welfare technology and long-term care / Rebecka Strandell, Susan Braedley, and Frode F. Jacobsen

6. Recruiting labour: The challenge of finding workers / Martha MacDonald, Gudmund ¿gotnes, and Marta Szebehely

7. Rethinking labour force strategies / Pat Armstrong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781035340309 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.