Promoting sustainability in frontline home care aides: Understanding factors affecting job retention in the home care workforce

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 408-416

  Faul, Anna C ^a   Schapmire, Tara J ^a   D'Ambrosio, Joseph ^a   Feaster, Dennis ^a   Oak, C Shawn ^a   Farley, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

home care aides; job retention; older adults; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956631353     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822309348896     Document Type: Article

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