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Who will care for older people? — workforce issues in a changing society
Author(s)	Linda S Noelker
Journal title	Generations, vol XXV, no 1, Spring 2001
Publisher	American Society on Aging, Spring 2001
Pages	91 pp (whole issue)
Keywords	Health services ; Services ; Personnel ; Care support workers ; Sleep behaviour ; Employment ; United States of America.
Annotation	The ageing of the baby-boomer generation is likely to coincide with a shortage of workers that will affect the quality of care they will receive. This issue of "Generations" presents the broader demographic issues and their possible impact on the demand for care and thus the need for workers. It explores ways of expanding the pool of workers, strategies to increase worker job commitment, ease their burdens and improve their performance. Articles focus on recruitment and retention of paraprofessional workers, specifically nursing assistants working in nursing homes and homecare workers. Professional workers in long-term care - doctors, licensed nurses, social workers, and allied health workers such as occupational therapists - are also considered. Family caregivers, with paraprofessionals, should be at the centre of ways in which demands for long-term care are met. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010626207 A
Classmark	L: I: QM: QRS: CG: WJ: 7T
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