Valuing and Supporting the Work of Caregiving: A Conversation with Ai-jen Poo

Riane Eisler

doi:10.24926/ijps.v5i1.1120

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2018-02-26

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018): Winter

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Conversations

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Eisler, R. (2018). Valuing and Supporting the Work of Caregiving: A Conversation with Ai-jen Poo. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 5(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v5i1.1120

Valuing and Supporting the Work of Caregiving: A Conversation with Ai-jen Poo

Riane Eisler

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v5i1.1120

Keywords: caregiving, elderly, domestic workers, poverty wages, women of color, immigrants, parental leave, sick leave, care infrastructure, new metrics, home care

Abstract

IJPS Editor-in-Chief Riane Eisler talks with Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, co-director of Caring Across Generations, recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award, and author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.