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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.

The Impact of Stress and Support on Direct Care Workers' Job Satisfaction

July 1, 2008 | Journal Article

This article presents findings from a study that 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

As part of the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration, 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.

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.

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 (LTC) direct care workers (DCWs), improve recruitment and retention, and strengthen capacity to meet future demand.

Better Jobs Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce

April 27, 2011 | Program Result

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 Result

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.

Reinventing Management Practices in Long-Term Care

January 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Lasting changes to organizational culture in nursing homes must come via gradual changes to the organizations' cultural artifacts.

North Carolina's Direct Care Workforce Development Journey

July 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This case study of Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce specifically focuses on the work of one coalition, the North Carolina Partner Team, which succeeded in bringing together competing stakeholder groups. The coalition's work eventually led to the 2006 passage of the North Carolina New Organization Vision Award.

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