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Home care fault lines understanding tensions and creating alliances

Title
Home care fault lines [electronic resource] : understanding tensions and creating alliances / Cynthia J. Cranford.
Author
Cranford, Cynthia.
Publication
Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description
1 online resource.
Summary
"This book is an in-depth analysis of how workers and recipients of home care craft flexibility and security in relation to one another within constraints defined by intersecting social inequalities, state funding, labor market policies and managerial rules"--
Series Statement
The culture and politics of health care work
Uniform Title
Home care fault lines (Online)
Alternative Title
Home care fault lines (Online)
Subject
  • Home care services > California > Los Angeles
  • Home health aides > California > Los Angeles
  • Older people > Home care > California > Los Angeles
  • People with disabilities > Home care > California > Los Angeles
  • Home care services > Ontario > Toronto
  • Home health aides > Ontario > Toronto
  • Older people > Home care > Ontario > Toronto
  • People with disabilities > Home care > Ontario > Toronto
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Contents
Introduction : Flexibility or Security? -- Gender, Migration and the Pursuit of Security -- Disability and the Quest for Flexibility -- Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto's Direct Funding -- Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles's In-Home Supportive Services -- Agency-led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto's Home Care -- Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto's Attendant Services -- Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor.
ISBN
9781501749278
LCCN
2019046919
OCLC
ssj0002296360
Author
Cranford, Cynthia.
Title
Home care fault lines [electronic resource] : understanding tensions and creating alliances / Cynthia J. Cranford.
Imprint
Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Series
The culture and politics of health care work
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Cranford, Cynthia. Home care fault lines Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501749254 (DLC) 2019046918
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