What makes migrant live-in home care workers in elder care be satisfied with their job?

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 617-629

  Iecovich, Esther ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Live in; Migrant home care workers; Quality of relationship; Workplace characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PHILIPPINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80053503190     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr048     Document Type: Article

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