Essential Long-Term Care Workers Commonly Hold Second Jobs and Double- or Triple-Duty Caregiving Roles

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 1657-1660

  Van Houtven, Courtney Harold ^a,b   DePasquale, Nicole ^b   Coe, Norma B ^c  

^a DURHAM VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

COVID 19 pandemic; double and triple duty caregiving; long term care workers; nursing home; second jobs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARE BEHAVIOR; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL INCOME; PREVALENCE; REGISTERED NURSE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; BETACORONAVIRUS; CAREGIVER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; OCCUPATION; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WORK-LIFE BALANCE;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CAREGIVERS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; NURSES; NURSING ASSISTANTS; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; WORK-LIFE BALANCE;

EID: 85084614209     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16509     Document Type: Article

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