Burns, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-7964-6319, Hamblin, K. orcid.org/0000-0001-8207-4414, Fisher, D.U. orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-2418 et al. (1 more author) (2023) Is it time for job quality? Conceptualising temporal arrangements in new models of homecare. Sociology of Health & Illness, 45 (7). pp. 1541-1559. ISSN 0141-9889
Abstract
Time is a key organising principle in the formal provision of care to older people in their own homes. It is used when delivering homecare services, calculating fees and care staff's pay entitlement. Research in the UK highlights how the predominant service model of compartmentalising care into pre-defined tasks, delivered in strictly scheduled time-based units, offers poor quality jobs, characterised by low pay, insecure and tightly controlled work. Our case study research of 'new models' of homecare however, found variation in the way time measures were operationalised. Drawing from Thompson's (1967, Past & Present, 38, 56-97) conceptualisation of clock-time (where care work is controlled by external measures of time) and nature's time (where care work is performed through internal notions of time) as a lens, we examine how service delivery models and job quality are temporally connected through homecare work. Through our analysis, we exemplify how the use of strict time-based measures can limit care work according to nature's time. We also consider the potential of ambitemporality-the accommodation of clock and nature's time-in organising service delivery as a means of enriching job quality. Finally, we discuss the pertinent implications of conceiving job quality in homecare work through a temporal lens.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | domiciliary care; homecare; innovation; job quality; time |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Research Institutes Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2023 11:19 |
Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2024 15:53 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13650 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-9566.13650 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199406 |