{"product_id":"caring-for-caring-about-women-home-care-and-unpaid-caregiving-paperback-softback-9781551930480","title":"Caring for\/Caring About; Women, Home Care, and Unpaid Caregiving (Paperback \/ softback) 9781551930480","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCaring for\/Caring About\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen, Home Care, and Unpaid Caregiving\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren R. Grant (Edited by), Carol Amaratunga (Edited by), Pat Armstrong (Edited by), Madeline Boscoe (Edited by), Ann Pederson (Edited by), Kay Willson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781551930480\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished Under the Garamond Imprint\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWomen are estimated to comprise nearly 80 per cent of both paid and unpaid care workers, yet their numbers do not coincide with their influence. \u003ci\u003eCaring For\/Caring About\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complex nature of caring in Canadian society today. It examines the current research on women, home care, and unpaid caregiving, and identifies the social conditions under which caregiving is undertaken. The book examines the global and local forces that shape caregiving, as well as the diverse experiences of women who care.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaring For\/Caring About\u003c\/i\u003e asks how we might create the conditions to make caring possible, for care is, after all, the objective and not the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1. Thinking it Through: Women, Work, and Caring in the New Millennium, \u003ci\u003ePat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2. One Hundred Years of Caregiving, \u003ci\u003ePat Armstrong and Olga Kits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3. Designing Home and Community Care for the Future: Who Needs to Care? \u003ci\u003eNancy Guberman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4. What Research Reveals about Gender, Home Care, and Caregiving: Overview and Policy Implications, \u003ci\u003eMarika Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e5. Redefining Home Care for Women with Disabilities: A Call for Citizenship, \u003ci\u003eKari Krogh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6. Aboriginal Women and Home Care, \u003ci\u003eShelly Thomas Prokop, Erika Haug, Michelle Hogan, Jason McCarthy, and Lorraine McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e7. 'Just Fed and Watered': Women's Experiences of the Gutting of Home Care in Ontario, \u003ci\u003eJane Aronson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619274256664,"sku":"9781551930480","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/caring-for-caring-about-women-home-care-and-unpaid-caregiving-paperback-softback-9781551930480","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}