Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 057: Issues in Caretaking and Care Work
Room: Buckingham Room

Sponsors: Family, Aging, and Youth
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Ami MH Frost, The University of Oklahoma

Description: 

This session is focused on the multiple caregiving crises that are currently occurring, different responses to them, as well as evaluations of their success. Qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research or evaluation-related abstracts are welcome. They may pertain to paid or unpaid care to recipients of any age or condition (e.g., eldercare, childcare, care for people with disabilities, injuries, or chronic conditions).

Papers:

“Women’s Oppressed Reproductive Labor and Marxist Feminism’s Solutions: Challenges to Achieving Gender Equity,” Ziding Shen, University of Georgia

“Housewives’ Invisible Contributions and Labor: The Caregiving Crisis Embedded in Domestic Work,” Biyang Chen, The George Washington University

“Working Together for the Kids: Egalitarianism, Maternal Employment, and Adolescent Life Satisfaction,” Ami MH Frost, The University of Oklahoma

“Balancing Public and Private Care: An Analysis of Taiwan’s Long-term Care Legal Framework,” Bi-Chu Tsai, University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics

“Bipartisanship amid Polarization? The Curious Case of Elder Care in Connecticut,” John O'Connor and Christina Barmon, Central Connecticut State University

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