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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.

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).

A Chance Encounter Launches a Second Career as a Nurse

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 ...

A Gateway to Health Careers for Urban High School Students

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.

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.

Creating a Special License for Long-Term-Care Providers with Supportive Workplaces

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.

Nursing Assistants' Job Commitment

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.

The Origins of Better Jobs Better Care

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.

Better Jobs Better 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.

Love, Money, or Flexibility

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.

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