Feminist Perspectives on Family Care: Policies for Gender JusticeSAGE Publications, 29 ago 1995 - 432 pagine Today women find themselves playing an ever-increasing role in caring for older family members who are frail, developmentally disabled, or suffering from serious mental illness. While this has role of women as caregivers has been documented, the actual impact on the lives of women has remained largely unstudied. In this volume, the authors examine caregiving as a central feminist issue, looking at its impact on women socially, personally, and economically. The authors review how changing family structures, the changing economy and workforce, and the changing health care demands of needy adults have impacted on women′s lives. They critique existing public and private policies, demonstrating a need for fundamental structural changes in social institutions and attitudes to improve the lives of women. Finally, they propose a social model of care that is oriented toward gender justice--recognition of the work of caring and its impact upon women socially, personally, and economically. For students, scholars and practitioners in the field of gerontology, gender studies, and social work, this book is a must. |
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... Experiences Women as Collective Agents of Structural Change I. THE CHANGING SOCIETAL CONTEXT FOR CAREGIVING 2. America's Changing Families Increasing Diversity of Family Structure and Composition Demographic Shifts Family Diversity ...
... Experience 66 68 Corporate America's Response to Employed Caregivers 70 American Households ' Response to Working Women 71 4. Changing Health Care Needs and Long - Term Care Services The Growth and Needs of Adult Populations With ...
... Experience of Caregiving III . A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF CURRENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS 8. A Feminist Critique of America's Family Policy Defining Family Policy Understanding America's Lack of an Explicit Family Policy The Evolution of the ...
... experiences as feminists who have worked in a variety of ways with women caring for persons with chronic disabilities . We ... experience as an author and assisted with tracking down the inevitable missing references . To Naomi Gottlieb ...
... experience earlier onset of certain health - related problems such as respiratory disease , hearing loss , and dementia ( Kelly & Kropf , 1995 ) . Yet categorically based social and health care policies , as codified in the separate ...
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Part I The Changing Societal Context for Caregiving | 39 |
Chapter 2 Americas Changing Families | 43 |
Chapter 3 The Changing American Economy and Workforce | 58 |
Chapter 4 Changing Health Care Needs and LongTerm Care Services | 75 |
Part II The ContextExtentand Nature of Caregiving for Dependents | 105 |
Chapter 5 The SocialPoliticaland Historical Context of Caregiving for Dependents | 107 |
Chapter 10 A Feminist Critique of FamilyRelated Benefits in the Workplace | 210 |
Part IV Toward a Feminist Agenda for Family Caregivers | 235 |
A Feminist Approach | 241 |
Chapter 12 Social Services and Social Supports | 265 |
Achieving a More Family Responsive Workplace | 291 |
A Feminist Perspective | 318 |
Toward a National Caregiver Coalition | 339 |
References | 357 |
Chapter 6 The Gendered Nature of Care | 120 |
Chapter 7 The Consequences of Caring | 136 |
Part ΙII A Feminist Critique of Current Policies and Programs | 159 |
Chapter 8 A Feminist Critique of Americas Family Policy | 163 |
Chapter 9 A Feminist Critique of LongTerm Care Policies | 183 |
Name Index | 394 |
Subject Index | 405 |
About the Authors | 417 |
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Feminist Perspectives on Family Care: Policies for Gender Justice Nancy R. Hooyman,Judith Gonyea Anteprima non disponibile - 1995 |