Dusenbury, Richard, 1956- interviewee Luz, Clare, interviewer Ibrahim, Khalid (Epidemiologist), interviewer photographer Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor sound recording-nonmusical spoken word still image Sound recordings. Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020. Interviews. Oral histories. Personal narratives. miu 2018 monographic 2018-05-22 eng

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3 sound files (01:13:33) : digital, wav 2 photographs : digital, jpg, color 1 manuscript : digital, pdf Richard Dusenbury describes his experiences working as a Personal Care Assistant, starting with care of his grandmother when he was in his early 20s. He discusses his experiences working with clients in the judicial system who had mental health and behavioral conditions; running his own adult foster care; and working with agencies after returning to Michigan to live closer to his mother. He also describes his limitations related to his own physical disabilities, and his unique perspective as a male PCA. Richard details some of the joys and dangers of PCA work. Richard is a good example of how multi-dimensional PCAs are: he speaks fluent French; loves projects and fixing things; knows a great deal about photography equipment; and has done a lot of volunteer work in Ghana through his church. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Recorded at the conference room of Richard's homecare agency, Clawson, Michigan, May 22, 2018. Personal Home Health Care Aides in Michigan: Archie Green Fellow Project, 2017-2018 (AFC 2017/018: 04520) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. In English. n-us-mi Dusenbury, Richard, 1956- Interviews Temporary help services Work environment Work ethic Work-life balance Employee rights Medical care Michigan Courtesy in the workplace Employee morale Employees Training of Job stress Quality of work life Home care services Michigan Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2017018.afc2017018_04520_sr01 (DLC) 2019655311 AFC 2017/018: 04520 2020655543 hdl:loc.afc/afc2017018.afc2017018_04520_sr01 dacs DLC 201223 20250607104214.9 21852514 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng