The different faces of care work: Understanding the experiences of the multi-cultural care workforce

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-350

  Doyle, Martha ^a   Timonen, Virpi ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Care workforce; Discrimination; Domiciliary care; Institutional care; Long term care; Migrant carers

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LABOR MOBILITY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MULTICULTURALISM; WELFARE PROVISION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67749103629     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007708     Document Type: Article

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