02904nam 2200613 450 991055425230332120220126165835.09781501754128electronic book1-5017-5411-410.1515/9781501754128(CKB)4100000011773060(OCoLC)1152358330(MdBmJHUP)muse93085(MiAaPQ)EBC6300533(DE-B1597)570989(DE-B1597)9781501754128(StDuBDS)EDZ0002604824(EXLCZ)99410000001177306020210802d2021 fy| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe caring class home health aides in crisis /Richard SchweidIthaca :ILR Press,2021.1 online resourceThe culture and politics of health care workCornell scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.1-5017-5410-6 1-5017-5412-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Infection Control -- Skin Care -- Pain Management -- Alzheimers and Dementia -- Toileting -- Vital Signs.The number of elderly and disabled Americans in need of home health care is increasing annually, even as the pool of people - almost always women - willing to do this job gets smaller and smaller. This book takes readers inside the reality of home health care by following the lives of women training and working as home health aides in the South Bronx. The book examines home health care in detail, focusing on the women who tend to our elderly and disabled loved ones and how we fail to value their work. They are paid minimum wage so that we might be absent, getting on with our own lives. The book calls for a rethinking of home health care and explains why changes are urgent: the current system offers neither a good way to live nor a good way to die.Culture and politics of health care work.Cornell scholarship online.Home care servicesNew York (State)New YorkHome health aidesNew York (State)New YorkHome health aidesTraining ofNew York (State)New YorkOlder peopleHome careNew York (State)New YorkHealth Care Cooperatives, Geriatric care, Home Health Aides pay, caring for elderly family members.Home care servicesHome health aidesHome health aidesTraining ofOlder peopleHome care362.1409747Schweid Richard1946-1136498StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910554252303321The caring class2815417UNINA