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For Workers, Hospitals Have Become the New Steel Mills — Minus the Strong Unions
How did it come to be that health care is the largest sector of employment in the United States?...
‘We can’t even get basic care done’
Becoming a healthcare assistant (HCA) was a straightforward process. It consisted of several...
The Sunset
When I was 19, a nursing home hired me to work as an aide. There wasn’t much to the interview that...
Sex and disability
Scarleteen has a fantastic collection of articles on sex and disability. While I typically only...
When I Have Dementia
“I hope you’ll still laugh at my jokes when I have dementia,” I said to my husband Ryan on an...
‘It is all about raising the profile of carers’
It was early evening, and Rebekah Zammett was about to leave her north Oxfordshire home to work a...
What the Conversation Around the “Great Resignation” Leaves Out
Since the beginning of the pandemic, one in five health care workers has left their job. They’ve...
Some young adults with disabilities are stuck in long-term care. They say that’s discrimination.
For the past decade, [Victoria] Levack has lived, reluctantly, at the Arborstone Enhanced Care...
Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, And Death Inside America’s Guardianship Industry
BuzzFeed News has scoured hundreds of thousands of court documents, obtained confidential mental...
To End the Caregiving Crisis, Reimagine the Care Economy to Support Its Cornerstone: Black Women
Black women have long been the cornerstone of care in America. We raised this nation, caring for...
‘We Are Going to Keep You Safe, Even if It Kills Your Spirit’
In other care facilities and in hospitals, too, “wanderers” with dementia are believed to have...
Domestic Workers w/Ai-jen Poo
This is one episode in a series of episodes about care in America. In our previous episode, we...
“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson
The category that the Census calls “health care and social assistance” is the largest sector of...
Why Does the Richest Country in the World Rely on Volunteers for Emergency Healthcare?
The call was for a 64-year-old woman with a cough and inability to walk. But she did not appear to...
When mental illness bears down, respite centres can uplift
As a person with the mental illness disability of schizoaffective disorder, I am quite familiar...
The Filipino Diaspora and Care in the Time of COVID
I’ve grown to resent the systemic inequities that have forced so many Filipina women to leave our...
When You Are Paid 13 Hours for a 24-Hour Shift
America’s neglect of older people extends to the people who care for them at home. The home health...
Risking Their Lives in Canada’s Pandemic and Hoping That’s Enough to Stay
This week, Canadian immigration officials said the federal government may allow such caregivers to...
He was a Covid-19 patient. She cleaned his hospital room. Their unexpected bond saved his life
This is the situation in every hospital, long before covid-19 caused visitors to be restricted. As...
Migrant Caregivers Are Stuck With Their Bosses 24/7 Because of Coronavirus
Migrant domestic workers, the forgotten "essential workers," are working longer hours and are...
BC Boosts Pay for Long-Term Care Workers amidst COVID-19
The B.C. government is taking over as the employer of all long-term care workers in the province...
6 essential traits of professional caregivers
Caregiving career is one of the most humane jobs, especially in the Western world. The fundamental...
Who Cares
Nurses must meet the complex and diverse needs of the people they care for—washing, dressing, meal...