Advancing Frontline Career Development, Improving Quality
September 5, 2012 | Video
A video by Capital Workforce Partners dramatically illustrates the benefits of Jobs to Careers.
Frontline Workforce/Direct Patient Care
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Jobs to Careers, Transforming the Frontlines of Health Care
May 9, 2011 | Toolkit
The Communications and Media Outreach Toolkit is designed to assist the grantees with promotion of the innovative model.
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).
Creating a Special License for Long-Term-Care Providers with Supportive Workplaces
April 25, 2010 | Program Result 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.
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.
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
The Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) initiative 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.
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.
Retention of Paid Related Caregivers
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study of related caregivers explores characteristics of those that stay or leave the direct care workforce. Over 40 percent of Leavers would consider future direct care work with people to whom they were not related.