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Care in a Time of Austerity: the Electronic Monitoring of Homecare Workers’ Time

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Gender, Work and Organization"

DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12164

Abstract: Austerity places intense pressures on labour costs in paid care. In the UK, electronic monitoring technology has been introduced to record (and materially reduce) the working time and wages of homecare workers. Based on empirical… read more here.

Keywords: time austerity; time; homecare workers; care ... See more keywords
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Feasibility and acceptability of NIDUS-Professional, a training and support intervention for homecare workers caring for clients living with dementia: a cluster-randomised feasibility trial protocol

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "BMJ Open"

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066166

Abstract: Introduction Most people living with dementia want to remain living in their own homes, and are supported to do so by family carers and homecare workers. There are concerns that homecare is often unable to… read more here.

Keywords: living dementia; feasibility; trial; homecare workers ... See more keywords
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Becoming Homecare Workers: Chinese Immigrant Women and the Changing Worlds of Work, Care and Unionism

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Critical Sociology"

DOI: 10.1177/0896920517748499

Abstract: This article examines how the intersectional dynamics of gender, migration, and labor shape the trajectories of immigrant women into home-based elder care and how unions and community organizations mediate its conditions. Our analysis, which uses… read more here.

Keywords: immigrant women; becoming homecare; workers chinese; women changing ... See more keywords
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Homecare workers in Italy: a narrative review.

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recommendations! Published in 2021 at "Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita"

DOI: 10.7416/ai.2021.2422

Abstract: INTRODUCTION The progressive ageing and ever-increasing life expectancy of the world's population are accompanied by an increase in chronic pathologies. Italy continues to be the nation with the highest percentage of senior citizens. Recent economic… read more here.

Keywords: homecare; narrative review; italy narrative; homecare workers ... See more keywords