Care Justice - Hooyman, Nancy R.
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This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults. In doing so, Hooyman invites readers to envision a society that values the essential work of care.

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This book develops a care justice framework to critique and disrupt current policies and reframe a policy blueprint for a just organization of care for unpaid family caregivers and underpaid home care workers assisting older adults. In doing so, Hooyman invites readers to envision a society that values the essential work of care.
Autorenporträt
Nancy R. Hooyman is the Hooyman Professor of Gerontology and Dean Emeritus in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her scholarship explores gerontological and women's issues, including multigenerational policy and practice, gender inequities in family caregiving, feminist gerontology, loss and grief, and gerontological curricular change. She is co-author of the influential textbooks Living Through Loss: Interventions Across the Life Span (2nd edition, 2021); Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (10th edition, 2017); Aging Matters: An Introduction to Social Gerontology (2014); Feminist Perspectives on Family Care: Policies for Gender Justice (1995); and Taking Care of Aging Family Members: A Practical Guide (1993). She is a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Education, the Council on Social Work Education, and the Gerontological Society of America.