AUTHOR: SADE DOZAN
SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality
AUTHOR: SADE DOZAN
SUBJECT: economy, care crisis, occupational segregation, structural racism, sexism, wages & benefits, career mobility, BIPOC women, poor job quality
Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new. Julie Moore recalls harrowing experiences from the pandemic inside the Philadelphia nursing home where she works. As the virus spread throughout the facility last year, emergency responders came and went regularly, taking yet another resident running low on oxygen… Continue reading Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes. But the problem isn’t new
Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they’re leaving Julie Conboy Russo had been a nurse for almost 40 years. She didn’t want to leave the field, but she didn’t feel she had a choice. In November, COVID-19 cases were climbing nationally. Russo, who at the time worked in a… Continue reading Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they’re leaving
Capitalism and the Caring Economy Joe Biden’s American Families Plan is something of a miracle. It carries out goals that advocates have only dreamed of. These include $225 billion for day care, so that no family pays more than 7 percent of its income on child care; universal pre-kindergarten; paid family and medical leave; as well as… Continue reading Capitalism and the Caring Economy
Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds The wage gap and barriers to economic mobility have not only set Black women’s advancement back, but also depressed the United States economy by about $507 billion over the past six decades, according to a new report from financial services firm S&P… Continue reading Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds
Higher wages, better training and flexibility are keys to growing home care economy, policy makers say Home care workers must be better paid, better trained and more flexible in their skills as they emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Thursday during a webinar about strengthening the direct care workforce. The nonpartisan research… Continue reading Higher wages, better training and flexibility are keys to growing home care economy, policy makers say
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
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
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
AUTHOR: Robyn I. Stone DrPH and Natasha S. Bryant MA
SUBJECT: home care, policy development, policy implementation, quality jobs, training, career mobility, care infrastructure, care crisis, essential workers