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This article analyses to what extent the forms of hire in the elderly care sector, as defined by recent Spanish law, enable this work to be professionalised. Using a qualitative piece of research based on semi-structured interviews with a variety of social actors involved in the social organisation of care, we embark on the comparative study of those types of hire that have been particularly affected by the legal changes: private hire by families and the Home Help Service. Our conclusion is that in domestic environments, the physical, emotional and moral aspects that characterise care pose specific barriers to professionalisation and these impact most notably on the special vulnerabilities of migrants employed in domestic care. The high expectations raised by the new legislation about the sector's professionalisation have failed to be realised.

This article analyses to what extent the forms of hire in the elderly care sector, as defined by recent Spanish law, enable this work to be professionalised. Using a qualitative piece of research based on semi-structured interviews with a variety of social actors involved in the social organisation of care, we embark on the comparative study of those types of hire that have been particularly affected by the legal changes: private hire by families and the Home Help Service. Our conclusion is that in domestic environments, the physical, emotional and moral aspects that characterise care pose specific barriers to professionalisation and these impact most notably on the special vulnerabilities of migrants employed in domestic care. The high expectations raised by the new legislation about the sector's professionalisation have failed to be realised. ; Este artículo analiza en qué medida las formas de contratación previstas por la legislación española reciente, en el sector del cuidado de las personas mayores, permiten la profesionalización de este trabajo. A partir de una investigación cualitativa, basada en entrevistas semiestructuradas con una variedad de actores sociales involucrados en la organización social del cuidado, se aborda un estudio comparativo de los tipos de contratación que se han visto particularmente afectados por los cambios legales: la contratación privada por las familias y el Servicio de Ayuda a Domicilio. La principal conclusión es que en los entornos domésticos, los aspectos materiales, emocionales y morales que caracterizan el cuidado plantean barreras específicas para la profesionalización y que estas impactan de manera muy destacada en las vulnerabilidades particulares de las personas migrantes empleadas en el cuidado doméstico. Así que las grandes expectativas suscitadas por la nueva legislación respect a la profesionalización del sector no se han cumplido.