Labors of love : nursing homes and the structures of care work / Jason Rodriquez.
2014
RA997 .R63 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Labors of love : nursing homes and the structures of care work / Jason Rodriquez.
ISBN
9781479864300 paperback alkaline paper
1479864307 paperback alkaline paper
9781479839407 hardcover alkaline paper
147983940X hardcover alkaline paper
1479864307 paperback alkaline paper
9781479839407 hardcover alkaline paper
147983940X hardcover alkaline paper
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
x, 207 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
RA997 .R63 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.16
Summary
"Every day for the next twenty years, more than 10,000 people in the United States will turn 65. With life expectancies increasing as well, many of these Americans will eventually require round-the-clock attention and we have only begun to prepare for the challenge of caring for them. In Labors of Love, Jason Rodriquez examines the world of the fast-growing elder care industry, providing a nuanced and balanced portrait of the day-to-day lives of the people and organizations that devote their time to supporting America's aging population. Through extensive ethnographic research, interviews with staff and management, and analysis of internal documents, Rodriquez explores the inner workings of two different nursing homes one for-profit and one non-profit to understand the connections among the administrative regulations, the professional requirements, and the type of care provided in both types of facilities. He reveals a variety of challenges that nursing home care workers face day to day: battles over the budget; the administrative hurdles of Medicaid and Medicare; the employees' struggle to balance financial stability and compassionate care for residents. Yet, Rodriquez argues, nursing home workers give meaning and dignity to their work by building emotional attachments to residents and their care. An unprecedented study, Labors of Love brings new insight into the underlying structures of a crucial and expanding sector of the American health care system"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Making the most of Medicaid
Staging the inspections
Documenting conflict
The costs of doing business
Feeding residents on a starving budget
The uses of emotions
Making sense of death and abuse at work
Connecting quality of life and quality of work.
Staging the inspections
Documenting conflict
The costs of doing business
Feeding residents on a starving budget
The uses of emotions
Making sense of death and abuse at work
Connecting quality of life and quality of work.