Caring For/Caring About : : Women, Home Care, and Unpaid Caregiving /

Caring For/Caring About : : Women, Home Care, and Unpaid Caregiving / / ed. by Karen R. Grant, Carol Amaratunga, Pat Armstrong, Madeline Boscoe, Ann Pederson, Kay Willson.

"Published Under the Garamond Imprint Women are estimated to comprise nearly 80 per cent of both paid and unpaid care workers, yet their numbers do not coincide with their influence. Caring For/Caring About explores the complex nature of caring in Canadian society today. It examines the current...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
HerausgeberIn:
Amaratunga, Carol,
Armstrong, Pat,
Boscoe, Madeline,
Grant, Karen R.,
Pederson, Ann,
Willson, Kay,
MitwirkendeR:
Armstrong, Hugh,
Armstrong, Pat,
Aronson, Jane,
Guberman, Nancy,
Haug, Erika,
Hogan, Michelle,
Kits, Olga,
Krogh, Kari,
MacDonald, Lorraine,
McCarthy, Jason,
Morris, Marika,
Prokop, Shelley Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2004
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Thinking It Through: Women, Work and Caring in the New Millennium
  • One Hundred Years of Caregiving
  • Designing Home and Community Care for the Future: Who Needs to Care?
  • What Research Reveals about Gender, Home Care and Caregiving: Overview and Policy Implications
  • Redefining Home Care for Women with Disabilities: A Call for Citizenship
  • Aboriginal Women and Home Care
  • "Just Fed and Watered": Women's Experiences of the Gutting of Home Care in Ontario
  • Conclusions
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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