LEADER 04155nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910457227103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6332-7 010 $a0-8014-6331-9 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463310 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043093 035 $a(OCoLC)754714996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10488668 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000529837 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11338652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529837 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10557704 035 $a(PQKB)11727685 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001496091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138232 035 $a(OCoLC)966825642 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51936 035 $a(DE-B1597)478396 035 $a(OCoLC)979590745 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463310 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488668 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL769609 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043093 100 $a20101214d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe caring self$b[electronic resource] $ethe work experiences of home care aides /$fClare L. Stacey 210 $aIthaca $cILR Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 225 1 $aThe culture and politics of health care work 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-7699-2 311 $a0-8014-4985-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : on the front lines of care -- The costs of caring -- Doing the dirty work : the physical and emotional labor of home care -- The rewards of caring -- Organizing home care -- Conclusion : improving the conditions of paid caregiving. 330 $aAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United States as of 2008. These home care aides are rapidly becoming the backbone of America's system of long-term care, and their numbers continue to grow. Often referred to as frontline care providers or direct care workers, home care aides-disproportionately women of color-bathe, feed, and offer companionship to the elderly and disabled in the context of the home. In The Caring Self, Clare L. Stacey draws on observations of and interviews with aides working in Ohio and California to explore the physical and emotional labor associated with the care of others.Aides experience material hardships-most work for minimum wage, and the services they provide are denigrated as unskilled labor-and find themselves negotiating social norms and affective rules associated with both family and work. This has negative implications for workers who struggle to establish clear limits on their emotional labor in the intimate space of the home. Aides often find themselves giving more, staying longer, even paying out of pocket for patient medications or incidentals; in other words, they feel emotional obligations expected more often of family members than of employees. However, there are also positive outcomes: some aides form meaningful ties to elderly and disabled patients. This sense of connection allows them to establish a sense of dignity and social worth in a socially devalued job. The case of home care allows us to see the ways in which emotional labor can simultaneously have deleterious and empowering consequences for workers. 410 0$aCulture and politics of health care work. 606 $aHome health aides$zUnited States 606 $aHome care services$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aHome care services$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHome health aides 615 0$aHome care services$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHome care services$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a362.14 700 $aStacey$b Clare L$g(Clare Louise),$f1973-$01049155 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457227103321 996 $aThe caring self$92477927 997 $aUNINA