Home care aides' voices from the field: Job experiences of personal support specialists

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 399-405

  Ashley, Alison ^a   Butler, Sandra S ^a   Fishwick, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954847774     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3181e325eb     Document Type: Article

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