Determinants of longer job tenure among home care aides: What makes some stay on the job while others leave?

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-188

  Butler, Sandra S ^a   Brennan Ing, Mark ^b   Wardamasky, Sara ^a   Ashley, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b ACRIA Center on HIV and Aging   (United States)

^c Eastern Maine HomeCare   (United States)

Author keywords

home care aides; job retention; long term care workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMETHOD STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84893674230     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464813495958     Document Type: Article

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