How managers can retain qualified in-home caregivers in a competitive job market

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-173

  Froymovich, Etelka ^a  

^a Home Services Unlimited Inc ^*

Author keywords

Agencies; Caregiving; Environment; Home care; Relationships; Retention; Shortage; Stress relief; Team

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147135465     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108482230629692407     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. American Hospital Association. (2005). Taking the pulse: The state of America's hospitals. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://www.ahapolicyforum.org/ahapolicyforum/resources/content/ TakingthePulse.pdf
2. Badding, M.C. (2006). Nurturing caregivers keep them on the job. Metroparent Magazine. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://www.metroparentmagazine.com/departments/sandwichgeneration/mar06/ 1391224.asp
3. Benefield, L.E. (1988). Home health care management. New York: Simon & Schuster.
4. Green, K. (1998). Home care survival guide. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven.
5. Hansten, R.I., Washburn, M.J., & Kenyon, V. (1999). Home care nursing delegation skills. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.
6. Huston, C.J., & Marquis, B.L. (1989). Retention and productivity strategies for nurse managers. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
7. Milwaukee Aging Consortium. (2006). Collaborative projects: The Caregiver Retention Project. Retrieved June 30, 2006, from http://www.milwagingconsortium.org/projects
8. Moore, T.F., & Simendinger, E.A. (1989). Managing the nursing shortage. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.
9. National Health Policy Forum. (2002). Who will be there to care? The growing gap between caregiver supply and demand. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_bp/BP_Caregivers_1-02.pdf
10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2005). Occupational employment projections to 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://www.bls.gov/ opub/mlr/2005/11/art5full.pdf
11. U.S. Census Bureau. (2005). Interim state population projections, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/population/ projections/PressTab5.xls