Care Work: Present and Future

Book Overview

Care Work considers the current situation of care work and care workers, from childcare to eldercare, and from family carers to paid carers. It examines the composition of the current workforce (more than a million in the UK alone), the knowledge and education needed for care work, and the significance of where care work is undertaken (in the home, in institutions).

Considering potential challenges and scenarios, the book poses big questions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415347726
• ISBN13: 9780415347723
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"