Jobs to Careers
October 30, 2008 | Video/Story
A program to promote work-based learning for quality care.
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Job Perceptions and Intent to Leave Among Direct Care Workers
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The high rate of turnover among the ranks of direct care workers in the long-term care arena was explored in this study.
The Impact of Stress and Support on Direct Care Workers' Job Satisfaction
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study used a stress and support model to examine the association between job satisfaction and common stressors, individual-level direct care workers' characteristics, and organizational and management issues.
What Do Direct Care Workers Say Would Improve Their Jobs?
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Direct care workers were asked for recommendations on how to improve their jobs. Across work settings, workers specified better pay and improved working relationships as key recommendations.
Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
National Program
To create changes in policy and practice that will lead to recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in nursing homes and in home- and community-based settings.
Better Jobs Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
April 27, 2011 | Program Results Report
Better Jobs Better Care supported changes in long-term-care policy and provider practices to reduce high vacancy and turnover rates among the paraprofessionals who provide direct care to older adults and to improve the quality of that care.
Oregon Works!: Promoting Change Through Person-Directed Care
April 25, 2011 | Program Results Report
The Oregon Works! project of Better Jobs Better Care aimed to improve recruitment and retention of direct-care workers at eight participating long-term-care sites. The union representing the state's independent home-care workers also participated.
Evaluation of Better Jobs, Better Care
October 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).
The Better Jobs Better Care Management Practice Change Initiatives
September 7, 2010 | Report
The Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration provided grants and technical assistance to coalitions of providers, workers, consumers, and policy makers to improve the quality of jobs of long-term care direct care workers.
Creating a Special License for Long-Term-Care Providers with Supportive Workplaces
April 25, 2010 | Program Results Report
North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs created a voluntary, special state license to recognize long-term-care providers who offered a supportive workplace for their direct-care staff. The project was part of Better Jobs Better Care.