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Caring during the COVID-19 crisis: Intersectional exclusion of immigrant women health care aides in Canadian long-term care
Health and Social Care in the Community ( IF 2.395 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 , DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13541
Naomi Lightman 1
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Long-term care (LTC) facilities have emerged as the single most critical location for the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across Canada and internationally. Yet the voices of health care aides (HCAs), an overwhelmingly female and racialized workforce who provide essential daily care to LTC residents, have largely been ignored to-date. This community-based research study provides new data collected from 25 in-depth individual interviews with immigrant women HCAs who were working in LTC in Calgary, Alberta between January 1 and March 30, 2021. The data, analysed through the lens of intersectional exclusion, highlight how the pandemic has impacted the working lives of immigrant women employed in LTC facilities on a daily basis, as well as their suggestions for enhancing their safety and employment conditions. Two key themes emerged during the process of data analysis: (a) HCA experiences of economic exclusion and workplace precarity—many of which pre-dated the pandemic but have been exacerbated by current policies and practices that prioritize profits over quality of community care, and (b) experiences of broader social exclusion, many of which are tied to being considered “just HCAs” who are doing “immigrant's work”, rather than including HCAs in broader conversations about how to reform and improve the LTC sector for future. Concluding thoughts discuss how to improve policy to support low wage workers within LTC in order to address intersectional inequalities and to better support front-line care workers during current and future health pandemic recovery efforts.

中文翻译:

COVID-19 危机期间的关怀:加拿大长期护理中移民女性医疗保健助手的交叉排斥

长期护理 (LTC) 设施已成为加拿大和国际上 COVID-19 大流行爆发的最关键地点。然而,迄今为止,卫生保健助手 (HCA) 的声音在很大程度上被忽视了,他们是为 LTC 居民提供基本日常护理的绝大多数女性和种族化劳动力。这项基于社区的研究提供了从 2021 年 1 月 1 日至 3 月 30 日期间对在阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里的 LTC 工作的移民女性 HCA 进行的 25 次深入个人访谈收集的新数据。通过交叉排斥的镜头分析的数据,强调大流行如何影响每天在 LTC 设施中工作的移民妇女的工作生活,以及她们对提高安全和就业条件的建议。在数据分析过程中出现了两个关键主题:(a) HCA 在经济排斥和工作场所不稳定方面的经历——其中许多发生在大流行之前,但由于当前将利润优先于社区护理质量的政策和做法而加剧了这种情况,以及(b) 更广泛的社会排斥经历,其中许多与被视为从事“移民工作”的“只是 HCA”有关,而不是将 HCA 包括在关于如何改革和改进 LTC 部门以迎接未来的更广泛对话中。结论性想法讨论了如何改进政策以支持 LTC 内的低工资工人,以解决交叉不平等问题,并在当前和未来的健康大流行恢复工作中更好地支持一线护理人员。(a) HCA 经济排斥和工作场所不稳定的经历——其中许多是在大流行之前发生的,但由于当前将利润优先于社区护理质量的政策和做法而加剧了这种情况,以及 (b) 更广泛的社会排斥的经历,其中许多这与被视为从事“移民工作”的“只是 HCA”有关,而不是将 HCA 包括在关于如何改革和改善 LTC 部门以迎接未来的更广泛对话中。结论性想法讨论了如何改进政策以支持 LTC 内的低工资工人,以解决交叉不平等问题,并在当前和未来的健康大流行恢复工作中更好地支持一线护理人员。(a) HCA 经济排斥和工作场所不稳定的经历——其中许多是在大流行之前发生的,但由于当前将利润优先于社区护理质量的政策和做法而加剧了这种情况,以及 (b) 更广泛的社会排斥的经历,其中许多这与被视为从事“移民工作”的“只是 HCA”有关,而不是将 HCA 包括在关于如何改革和改善 LTC 部门以迎接未来的更广泛对话中。结论性想法讨论了如何改进政策以支持 LTC 内的低工资工人,以解决交叉不平等问题,并在当前和未来的健康大流行恢复工作中更好地支持一线护理人员。
更新日期:2021-08-15
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