Can't they get anything better? Home support workers call for change

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 21-39

  Nugent, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home care; Job evaluation; Non standard labour; Paraprofessional workers; Policy; Survey; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW BRUNSWICK; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34249945176     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v26n02_02     Document Type: Article

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