Working in clients’ homes: The impact on the mental health and well-being of visiting home care workers

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-27

  Denton, Margaret A ^a   Zeytinoğlu, IşK Urla ^b   Davies, Sharon ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home care; Job satisfaction; Occupational health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036052168     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v21n01_01     Document Type: Article

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