Cover; Series; Caring for a Living; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Changing Landscape of Eldercare; 2 The New Faces of Eldercare; 3 The Italian Case; 4 The Burden of Long-Term Care: Its Cultural, Economic, and Social Aspects; 5 The Shaping of New Subjects; 6 Skilling the Unskilled: The Multiple Dimensions of Eldercare; 7 The Bonds of Labor; 8 Concluding Thoughts; Appendix 1 Interviews with Current or Former Home Eldercare Assistants; Appendix 2 Interviews with Family Caregivers Who Care for Disabled Elders
Appendix 3 Interviews with Cultural Mediators of Tierra, Apidad, and Benevolentia and Follow-up Interviews of 2011References; Index
Summary
The world is aging at a great speed. While this is a remarkable achievement, aging also brings new challenges, among them a growing need for long-term care. Caring for a Living specifically investigates Italy's employment of home eldercare assistance, an arrangement whereby long term care services are bought in the market in the form of private and individualized assistance -- predominantly female immigrants
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2019)
