A History of Domestic Work and Worker Organizing

AUTHOR: National Domestic Workers Alliance

SUBJECT: BIPOC women, chattel slavery, structural racism, sexism, xenophobia, immigration, poor job quality, workforce, occupational segregation

Making it Work: Care, Blackness, and Generational Values

AUTHOR: SADE DOZAN

SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality

Investing in Home Care Workers Like Me Is the Solution We Need

These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since. My adopted sister, Leia, depends on me for everything. Leia has spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and it’s my job as a home care worker to make sure her needs are met. Over the course of any given… Continue reading Investing in Home Care Workers Like Me Is the Solution We Need

These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since.

These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since. President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan contains one particular provision that looks much different from physical infrastructure: $400 billion to make long-term care cheaper and raise care workers’ wages. For health care policy experts, the need… Continue reading These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since.

To Achieve Equitable Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Address Key Workforce Challenges

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Lantsman Milena Berhane James Hernandez

SUBJECT: racial equity, safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Nursing Home Safety During COVID: Staff Shortages

AUTHOR: Teresa Murray, U.S. Pirg Education Fund

SUBJECT: safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Predictors of Intent to Leave the Job Among Home Health Workers: Analysis of the National Home Health Aide Survey

AUTHOR:R obyn Stone, DrPH, Jess Wilhelm, MID, Christine E Bishop, PhD, Natasha S Bryant, MA, Linda Hermer, PhD, Marie R Squillace, PhD

SUBJECT: home care, poor job quality, turnover, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages and benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

It Is Time to Resolve the Direct Care Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care

AUTHOR: Kezia Scales, PhD

SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality

Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis?

AUTHOR: Katherine S. McGilton, RN, PhD, Astrid Escrig-Pinol, PhD(c), Adam Gordon, PhD, MBChB, Charlene H. Chu, RN, GNC(c), PhD, Franziska Zúñiga, PhD, RN, Montserrat Gea Sanchez, PhD, Veronique Boscart, RN, PhD, Julienne Meyer, PhD, Kirsten N. Corazzini, PhD, FGSA, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto, MD, PhD, Karen Spilsbury, PhD, Annica Backman, RN, PhD, Kezia Scales, PhD, Anette Fagertun, PhD, Bei Wu, PhD, David Edvardsson, PhD, Michael J. Lepore, PhD, Angela Y.M. Leung, PhD, Elena O. Siegel, PhD, RN, Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe, RN, PhD, Jing Wang, PhD, RN, Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN

SUBJECT: poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, structural racism, sexism, BIPOC women, occupational segregation

8 Signs the Shortage in Paid Caregivers Is Getting Worse

AUTHOR: Robert Espinoza

SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality