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Older Women Doing Home Care: Exploitation or Ideal Job?
- Source :
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work; May/Jun2013, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p299-317, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The increased need for both personal assistance workers and meaningful employment opportunities for older workers results in growing numbers of older home care aides. This study examined lifetime financial security and perceived advantages of older age in this field through interviews with 31 older home care aides. Study participants experienced high levels of financial insecurity and perceived older workers as particularly well suited to the home care job. The consequences of this low-wage, low-status work are explored along with implications for social workers to advocate for improved conditions for these workers providing essential care to frail elders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- EMPLOYMENT of older people
BLUE collar workers
FEMINIST criticism
HEALTH status indicators
HOME health aides
FLEXTIME
INTERVIEWING
LABOR laws
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH funding
SOCIAL justice
SOCIAL security
WAGES
WOMEN
QUALITATIVE research
ACTIVITIES of daily living
THEMATIC analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01634372
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 87088484
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2013.773392