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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.
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).
June 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I left the building to breathe and had scarcely been outside for more than a moment when someone had come to retrieve me, saying the young woman and her mother had asked for me. It seemed even the air had changed since I had left a moment before. Th ...
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
The Gateway Institute developed and launched a model to educate and prepare low-income New York City high school students for careers in the health professions, in partnership with a high school, a public hospital, and three public colleges.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Lasting changes to organizational culture in nursing homes must come via gradual changes to the organizations' cultural artifacts.
April 25, 2010 | Program Result
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.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examined how basic supervision, job enhancements and concrete job rewards related to job commitment for certified nursing assistants.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Using applied research initiatives, the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration addressed workforce improvement for direct care workers and the quality of care provided to those needing long-term care.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article describes the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) initiative. BJBC focused on the area of workforce improvement for direct care workers and was the result of collaboration between the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examined In-Home Supportive Service workers across eight counties in California. Study participants were 2,260 workers who completed a survey focused on reasons workers took or stayed in jobs.