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| The public and private worlds of women and elder care in the US | | Author(s) | Laura Katz Olson |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 2, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 11-25 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Women as carers ; Services ; Nursing homes ; Women's movement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Ageing and long-term care is assessed from feminist and life cycle perspectives, focusing on women's experiences as family carers, workers and care recipients, and how these realities are affected by American culture, social constructs and policies. The article gives a brief overview of the values, perspectives and attitudes that underlie American public policy. It describes the ascendancy of the proprietary nursing home industry in the US and its pervasive deficiencies in care. It also discusses how the priorities of the new conservative agenda - privatisation, individualism, retrenchment, decentralisation and families - have framed public discourse since the 1980s, curtailing supportive services for chronically ill older people and disregarding the quality of their care. The article examines problems encountered by frail older women and their informal and formal caregivers, along with the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity and class. It highlights four areas of women's oppression: the domestic sphere; the public domain; control over one's body; and vulnerability to violence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020125219 A |
| Classmark | BD: P6:SH: I: LHB: SH:TM8: 7T |
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