Workforce implications of injury among home health workers: Evidence from the national home health aide survey

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 493-505

  McCaughey, Deirdre ^a   McGhan, Gwen ^a   Kim, Jungyoon ^b   Brannon, Diane ^a   Leroy, Hannes ^c   Jablonski, Rita ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Home health aides; Long term care; Worker training; Workplace injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OWNERSHIP; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84863960562     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr133     Document Type: Review

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