Job satisfaction and quality of life among home care workers: A comparison of home care workers who are and who are not informal carers

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 814-825

  Chou, Yueh Ching ^a   Fu, Li Yeh ^a   Kröger, Teppo ^b   Ru Yan, Chiu ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Miaoli County Government ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Home care; informal carer; job satisfactory; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SATISFACTION SURVEY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SALARY; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955986959     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021000219X     Document Type: Article

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