On the move and working alone: a study of Newfoundland and Labrador home care workers ...

• Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Kathleen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2023
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/rkzd-6w69; https://research.library.mun.ca/16019/

Home care workers provide paraprofessional services to adults who require additional support to live within their homes. This manuscript dissertation examines Newfoundland and Labrador home care workers' employment-related geographical mobility (mobility to, from, and as part of work) and its consequences for these workers. Guided by insights from feminist political economy, it uses a mixed-methods approach comprising semi-structured interviews, a review of government policies, online collective agreements, census data, and an internet search for the term 'Newfoundland Ladies.' Chapter Two (manuscript #1) documents the dominant patterns of work-related mobility of two groups of home care workers, unionized workers in St. John's, Newfoundland who engage in daily local commutes (to one or more clients daily) and Southwest Newfoundland workers who commute up to thirteen hours for extended periods to work in Nova Scotia to provide live-in care. It examines the drivers and the multiscalar everyday rhythms of ...