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Author Buch, Elana D., author.

Title Inequalities of aging : paradoxes of independence in American home care / Elana D. Buch.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Anthropologies of American medicine : culture, power, and practice
Anthropologies of American medicine.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Generating Independence : Older Adults' Life Histories -- 2. Inheriting Care : Home Care Workers' Lives -- 3. Making Care Work : Training and Supervision in Home Care Agencies -- 4. Embodying Inequality : Empathy and Hierarchy in Daily Care -- 5. Independent Living : Housekeeping as Personkeeping -- 6. Care Falls Apart : Turnover and the Limits of Independence.
Summary "Elana D. Buch's "Inequalities of Aging: Paradoxes of Independence in American Home Care" focuses on the topic of American home care and explores various contradictions and points of tension within the industry. It also raises awareness of the problematic inequality that exists in the American home care industry and argues for the creation of a more sustainable system."-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Home care services -- United States.
Home care services.
United States.
Older people -- Home care -- United States.
Older people -- Home care.
United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Buch, Elana D. Inequalities of aging. New York : New York University Press, [2018] 9781479810734 (DLC) 2017044866 (OCoLC)1007047794
ISBN 9781479810147 (electronic book)
1479810142 (electronic book)
9781479810734 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1479810738 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781479807178 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1479807176 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 99978032518