Immigrant and non-immigrant certified nursing assistants in nursing homes: How do they differ?

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-287

  Khatutsky, Galina ^a   Wiener, Joshua M ^a   Anderson, Wayne L ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nursing assistants; Immigrants; Long term care workforce; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; MIGRANT WORKER; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954241514     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2010.485526     Document Type: Article

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