“Home Care Fault Lines: Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances”

Speaker: Cynthia Cranford, University of Toronto Mississauga

Home care is a window into the complexity of inequality. In this talk, I focus on my recently published book Home Care Fault Lines: Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances in which I argue that, in home care, understanding both tensions and the possibilities for alliances is essential for understanding, and challenging, inequalities. How can we arrange home care to minimize tensions and maximize alliances? I answer this question by comparing how four government-funded programs differ in the way they arrange home care. Focusing on the most personal in-home support, that is paid help with daily activities like bathing and eating, my analysis rests on over 300 interviews revealing how a variety of players shape the conditions of home care service and work in unique contexts. This talk will compare two of the cases illuminating the limits and possibilities of coalitions for flexibility with security.

This is an online event. Please register online here to participate via Zoom.