Cati Coe

Guest Author

Cati Coe is a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University, and has written extensively on West African migration. Her most recent book is entitled The New American Servitude: Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers (New York University Press, 2019), and she has another book forthcoming on Changes in Care: Aging, Migration, and Social Class in West Africa (Rutgers University Press, 2021).

Cati's Work:

04.26.2021 person dying in bed

Health Equity
Aging Populations

Dying at Home: The Unsung Role of Home Care Workers

While many Americans wish for a death at home, the living feel uncertain about how to create a ritually satisfying experience. As a result, immigrant home care workers find themselves helping families manage the dying process, even though it is not part of their official job description.

Guest Author Cati Coe