Olga Yakimchuk interview conducted by Sonia De La Cruz and Helen Marie Moss, 2015-03-07
Summary
Olga Yakimchuk relates her experiences as a home care worker for her husband's parents. Originally from Ukraine, where she was trained as a nurse, she arrived in Portland just as the Home Care Workers Commission was being established and has been caring for her in-laws for 15 years. Finds taking care of the elderly satisfying and "noble." Remarks on the need for humor, faith, and continued training. Speaks about the important role the union and union training has played in her career. The interview was conducted in Russian and English.
The interview was conducted in Russian and English.
Recorded at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 503, Portland office, Portland, Oregon, March 7, 2015.
Taking Care--Documenting the Occupational Culture of Home Care Workers, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2014-2015 (AFC 2014/021: 01742) 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 and Russian.
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