Unique Considerations for Characterizing and Describing Care Work: Articulating the Need for an Ergonomics of Care
Approximately 20% of Americans are unpaid caregivers to someone with special needs. Despite the prevalence of caregiving, its importance, and the known negative impacts, caregivers are often still under-resourced and under-supported. To address these challenges, it is important that the ergonomics of care work is well-understood and considered when creating caregiver supports. This panel gathers experts in the study of care work and the design of interventions to support caregivers. They will discuss how they study and characterize care work, and how they apply this understanding to the design of interventions.
Authors
- Jordan R. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-9465)
- Nicole E. Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-9491)
- Hanna J. Barton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0457-1153)
- Sara J. Czaja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-5413)
- Eleanore Scheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-2256)
- April Savoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9002-9234)
Institutions
- University of Indianapolis (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251336744
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institute of Nursing Research