The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment

The ethics of care has gained traction as a feminist normative lens from which to examine policies and policy issues. This paper aims to contribute to this growing literature by employing a critical ethics of care lens to assess a new long-term care initiative in the province of Newfoundland and Lab...

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Main Author: FitzGerald Murphy, Maggie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale 2017
Subjects:
ethics of care
long-term care
normative policy analysis
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40271
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spelling ftjcrsp:oai:crsp.journals.yorku.ca:article/40271 2023-05-15T17:18:28+02:00 The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment FitzGerald Murphy, Maggie 2017-12-15 https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40271 unknown Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40271 Copyright (c) 2018 Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale; Vol. 77 (2017) 1929-4093 0836-303X ethics of care long-term care normative policy analysis info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2017 ftjcrsp 2022-11-03T17:48:19Z The ethics of care has gained traction as a feminist normative lens from which to examine policies and policy issues. This paper aims to contribute to this growing literature by employing a critical ethics of care lens to assess a new long-term care initiative in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This initiative, called the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program, allows eligible participants to pay family members for some care services. This analysis uncovers numerous tensions, both practical and theoretical, related to the way this program (re)organizes care. Specifically, the ways in which this program downloads caring responsibilities onto the family, characterizes care as a private concern, and monetizes caring relations is discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Canadian Review of Social Policy (CRSP) Canada Newfoundland
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long-term care
normative policy analysis
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long-term care
normative policy analysis
FitzGerald Murphy, Maggie
The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment
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long-term care
normative policy analysis
description The ethics of care has gained traction as a feminist normative lens from which to examine policies and policy issues. This paper aims to contribute to this growing literature by employing a critical ethics of care lens to assess a new long-term care initiative in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This initiative, called the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program, allows eligible participants to pay family members for some care services. This analysis uncovers numerous tensions, both practical and theoretical, related to the way this program (re)organizes care. Specifically, the ways in which this program downloads caring responsibilities onto the family, characterizes care as a private concern, and monetizes caring relations is discussed.
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author FitzGerald Murphy, Maggie
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title The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment
title_short The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment
title_full The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment
title_fullStr The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment
title_full_unstemmed The ethics of care and the Newfoundland Paid Family Caregiver Program: An assessment
title_sort ethics of care and the newfoundland paid family caregiver program: an assessment
publisher Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale
publishDate 2017
url https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40271
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op_source Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale; Vol. 77 (2017)
1929-4093
0836-303X
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