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008 140519s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2014018128
020 _a9781479839407
_q(cloth:
_qalkaline paper)
020 _a9781479864300
_q(paper:
_qalkaline paper)
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050 0 0 _aRA997
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082 0 0 _a362.16
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100 1 _aRodriquez, Jason,
_d1978-
245 1 0 _aLabors of love :
_bnursing homes and the structures of care work /
_cJason Rodriquez.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2014]
300 _ax, 207 p. ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMaking 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.
520 _a"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.
650 0 _aNursing home care
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aNursing homes
_xAdministration.
650 0 _aNursing homes
_xEmployees.
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