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‘We can’t even get basic care done’
Becoming a healthcare assistant (HCA) was a straightforward process. It consisted of several...
How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis
At a hospital in a Chicago suburb last winter, there were so few nurses that psychiatric patients...
Labor Department Crackdown On Caregiver Industry Uncovers Widespread Violations
Federal officials said they’ve conducted over 1,600 investigations since announcing the crackdown...
The Sunset
When I was 19, a nursing home hired me to work as an aide. There wasn’t much to the interview that...
Everyone Deserves Care
Gabe Winant is the author of The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in...
Rosie Could Be a Riveter Only Because of a Care Economy. Where Is Ours?
Infrastructure “of a country, society, or organization,” according to the Collins Dictionary,...
Sleep-in care workers entitled to minimum wage only when awake, court rules
The government is under pressure to reform care laws after the supreme court ruled that support...
Manufacturing Isn’t Coming Back. Let’s Improve These Jobs Instead.
While there are many projects that require blue-collar work, there’s little reason to treat such...
Emma Dowling examines the mantras of self-care and what they tell us about our anxieties
As the care crisis intensifies, we are repeatedly urged to take care of ourselves. Ubiquitous,...
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...
The care economy as an infrastructure investment
Before the start of the recession, women were playing a key role in the strength of the national...
The Pandemic Offers a Chance to Reimagine Caregiving
Our current conversation about caregiving, driven by school shutdowns, Covid outbreaks in nursing...
How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men
While COVID-19 has killed 1 out of every 800 African Americans, a toll that overwhelms the...
“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...
When mental illness bears down, respite centres can uplift
As a person with the mental illness disability of schizoaffective disorder, I am quite familiar...
How Caregiving Became More Than Just a Women’s Issue
Even though women have always done most of the caregiving, both paid and unpaid, it’s never been...
Biden Announces $775 Billion Plan to Help Working Parents and Caregivers
Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced a sweeping new $775 billion investment in caregiving programs on...
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...
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...