Browsing Administrative Staff Authors (Scholarly Publications) by Author "DOYLE, MARTHA"
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Breaking the Mould: New Trajectories in the Domiciliary Care of Older People in Ireland
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)This article reviews the development of domiciliary care services for older people in Ireland over the last decade. It reveals three central developments, namely (i) the first steps, in the Irish context, towards a ... -
Caring and Collaborating Across Cultures? Migrant Care Workers' Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (2010)The literature on migrant care workers has tended to place little emphasis on themultiple relationships thatmigrant carers formwith care recipients, employers/managers and work colleagues. This article makes a contribution ... -
The Different Faces of Care Work: Understanding the Experiences of the Multi-Cultural Care Workforce
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (2009)An increased demand for long-term care services coupled with the decreased availability of informal (family) carers in many industrialised countries has led to the employment of growing numbers of `migrant care workers ... -
Expanded but not regulated: Ambiguity in home care policy in Ireland
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (2012) -
From the workhouse to the home. The historical origins and development of domiciliary care services for older people in Ireland
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (2008)Purpose: Care of older persons in their own homes has in recent years received much attention in Ireland. The proponents of domiciliary care draw on both economic and quality of life arguments, many of which are identifiable ... -
'He really leant on me a lot': Parents' Perspectives on the Provision of Support to Divorced and Separated Adult Children in Ireland
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (Sage, 2011)The literature on intergenerational transfers and divorce has paid little attention to the experiences of older adults whose son or daughter has divorced or separated. We conducted 31 qualitative interviews to explore ... -
'How Can You Just Cut Off a Whole Side of the Family and Say Move On?' The Reshaping of Paternal Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships Following Relationship Breakdown in the Middle Generation
O'DWYER, CIARA MARY; DOYLE, MARTHA; TIMONEN, VIRPI (2010)Based on a qualitative study of 31 grandparents, this article highlights how separation in the middle generation can result in an erosion of trust and quality of paternal grandparent-grandchild relationships. Despite these ... -
In Search of Security: Migrant Workers' Understandings, Experiences and Expectations Regarding 'Social Protection'
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (2009)While both migration and welfare states are popular topics of research, the intersection between them is rarely studied. In this article, we present the findings of a study that explored migrant workers? conceptualisation ... -
Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project: Older People's and Researchers' Reflections
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (2010)The ethical and practical importance of actively involving older people in the research process is increasingly articulated in the gerontology literature. This article contributes to the literature by outlining a ... -
Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career and Family
DOYLE, MARTHA; TIMONEN, VIRPI (2010)The literature on migrant care workers has tended to place little emphasis on themultiple relationships thatmigrant carers formwith care recipients, employers/managers and work colleagues. This article makes a contribution ... -
Worlds apart? Public, private and non-profit sector providers of domiciliary care for older persons in Ireland
TIMONEN, VIRPI; DOYLE, MARTHA (Elsevier, 2007)Domiciliary care of older persons is changing rapidly in Ireland. The most significant recent changes are the emergence of private home care companies, the introduction of a new policy instrument (cash-for-care) and the ...