Intensive work in precarious conditions: Paid, in-home eldercare in Poland’s public sector

• Authors: Gwen E. McEvoy
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article utilises a case study of a Polish city’s provision of in-home eldercare in the public sector to examine how commercialisation of, and local funding for care affect the work of carers. Drawing on in-depth interviews with carers and the analysis of public documents, the author argues that while commercialisation increases worker insecurity, the local government’s allocation of funding for services directly impacts the hours of care assigned to elders. Low levels of financing lead to declining hours of care; in turn, carers’ work intensifies, as they must complete both assigned and unassigned but necessary tasks in less time.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Forum Socjologiczne
• Year: 2015
• Volume: Special Issue 1: Social boundaries and meanings of work in the 21st-century capitalism
• Pages: 91 - 104

Contributors

author

Gwen E. McEvoy

• Nazarbayev University