Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword / Margaret K. Nelson --Acknowledgments -- On the clock, off the radar : paid care work in the United States / Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia, and Clare L. Stacey -- Beyond outsourcing : paid care work in historical perspective / Mignon Duffy -- The best of both worlds? How direct care workers perceive home health agencies and long-term-care institutions / Kim Price-Glynn and Carter Rakovski --The business of caring : women's self-employment and the marketization of care / Nickela Anderson and Karen D. Hughes -- Are frontline healthcare jobs "good" jobs? Examining job quality across occupations and healthcare settings / Janette S. Dill -- Orienting end-of-life care : the hidden value of hospice home visits / Cindy Cain -- The health hazards of health care : physical and psychosocial stressors in paid care work / Alicia Kurowski, Jon Boyer, and Laura Punnett -- When the home is a workplace : promoting health and safety for a vulnerable workforce / Pia Markkanen, Margaret Quinn, and Susan Sama -- . Part of the job? Workplace violence and social services / Jennifer Zetocaulnick -- Double isolation : immigrants and older adult care work in Canada / Ivy Bourgeault -- The caring professional? Nurse practitioners, social work, and the performance of expertise / LaTonya J. Trotter -- Building a professional identity : boundary work and meaning making among West African immigrant nurses / Fumilayo Showers -- Ethnic logics : race and ethnicity in nanny employment / Cameron Lynne Macdonald -- Caring or catering? Emotions, autonomy, and subordination in lifestyle work / Rachel Sherman -- Low-wage care workers : extended family as a strategy for survival / Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson -- "It's like a family" : caring labor, exploitation, and race in nursing homes / Lisa Dodson and Rebekah M. Zincavage -- Caught between love and money : the experiences of paid family caregivers / Clare L. Stacey and Lindsey L. Ayers -- Paying family caregivers : parental leave and gender equality in Sweden / Mary K. Zimmerman -- For children and self : understanding collective action among early childhood educators / Clare Hammonds -- Creating expertise and autonomy : family day care providers' attitudes toward professionalization / Amy Armenia -- Building a movement of caring selves : organizing direct care workers / Deborah L. Little -- Healthy diversity : promoting a diverse healthcare workforce through innovative partnerships / Michelle C. Haynes, Meg A. Bond, Robin A. Toof, Teresa Shroll, and Michelle D. Holmberg -- Building meaningful career lattices : direct care workers in long-term care / Jennifer Craft Morgan and Brandy Farrar -- Making care work / Mignon Duffy, Clare Stacey, and Amy Armenia.

"A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being. Caring on the Clock is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research on a wide range of paid care occupations, and to place the various fields within a comprehensive and comparative framework across occupational boundaries. The book includes twenty-two original essays by leading researchers across a range of disciplines--including sociology, psychology, social work, and public health. They examine the history of the paid care sector in America, reveal why paid-care work can be both personally fulfilling but also make workers vulnerable to burnout, emotional fatigue, physical injuries, and wage exploitation. Finally, the editors outline many innovative ideas for reform, including top-down and grassroots efforts to improve recognition, remuneration, and mobility for care workers. As America faces a series of challenges to providing care for its citizens, including the many aging baby boomers, this volume offers a wealth of information and insight for policymakers, scholars, advocates, and the general public"--

"Caring on the Clock is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research on a wide range of paid care occupations, placing the various studies within a comprehensive and comparative framework. The book includes twenty-two original essays by leading researchers across a range of disciplines--including sociology, psychology, social work, and public health--and provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being"--

A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. This book provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs.