Home Care Nurses' Descriptions of Important Agency Attributes
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Health administrators are seeking evidence-based strategies to improve job satisfaction and reduce staffing shortages.
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Report Details Six Health Insurance Options for States to Cover Home Care Workers
March 27, 2008 | Program Result
The Service Employees International Union analyzed then-current approaches to providing health insurance to home care workers and identified and analyzed coverage options that presented replicable models.
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.
Agency Characteristics Most Valued by Home Care Nurses
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Findings of a Nationwide Study
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.
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. Stayers' characteristics were similar to career direct care workers. Over 40 percent of Leavers would consider future direct care work with people to whom they were not related.
Research Projects Identify Issues Facing Frontline Health Care Workers
March 31, 2007 | Program Result
From December 2004 to April 2006, five diverse projects explored issues that impact training and education for frontline health care workers.