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Undervalued work, underpaid women
— women's employment in care homes | | Author(s) | Helen Garner |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Public Services; Fawcett Society |
| Publisher | Fawcett Society, London, September 1997 |
| Pages | 41 pp |
| Source | Fawcett Society, 45 Beech Street, London EC2Y 8AD. |
| Keywords | Care home staff ; Personnel ; Women ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Conditions of employment ; Remuneration ; Social surveys ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | The aim of this research was to investigate the employment, pay and conditions of staff working in residential care and nursing homes, focusing on the position of women, and on the impact of the growing competition within the industry and the financial pressures to lower labour costs. Drawing on data from existing research and statistics on the home care sector, a survey of care homes and five case studies, the study found that the majority of care staff are women; care staff are among the lowest paid workers in the United Kingdom (UK); caring is perceived as a low status health care role and poor conditions of employment reflect this, in particularly in the private and not-for-profit providers. The study also found a greater use of temporary, casual, and part-time workers in the care homes industry. The impact of a national minimum wage on care workers and care home operators is also discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980403403 P |
| Classmark | QRM: QM: SH: KW: LHB: WKA: WL: 3F: 8 * |
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