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Elder Care in Crisis - How the Social Safety Net Fails Families (Hardcover)
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Elder Care in Crisis - How the Social Safety Net Fails Families (Hardcover)
Series: Health, Society, and Inequality
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Explains why there is a crisis in caring for elderly people and how
the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated it Because government policies
are based on an ethic of family responsibility, repeated calls to
support family members caring for the burgeoning elderly population
have gone unanswered. Without publicly funded long-term care
services, many family caregivers cannot find relief from
obligations that threaten to overwhelm them. The crisis also stems
from the plight of direct care workers (nursing home assistants and
home health aides), most of whom are women from racially
marginalized groups who receive little respect, remuneration, or
job security. Drawing on an online support group for people caring
for spouses and partners with dementia, Elder Care in Crisis
examines the availability and quality of respite care (which
provides temporary relief from the burdens of care), the long,
tortuous process through which family members decide whether to
move spouses and partners to institutions, and the likelihood that
caregivers will engage in political action to demand greater public
support. When the pandemic began, caregivers watched in horror as
nursing homes turned into deathtraps and then locked their doors to
visitors. Terrified by the possibility of loved ones in nursing
homes contracting the disease or suffering from loneliness, some
caregivers brought them home. Others endured the pain of leaving
relatives with severe cognitive impairments at the hospital door
and the difficulties of sheltering in place with people with
dementia who could not understand safety regulations or describe
their symptoms. Direct care workers were compelled to accept unsafe
conditions or leave the labor force. At the same time, however, the
disaster provided an impetus for change and helped activists and
scholars develop a vision of a future in which care is central to
social life. Elder Care in Crisis exposes the harrowing state of
growing old in America, offering concrete solutions and
illustrating why they are necessary.
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