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"Intent to stay" among paid home care workers in California
Author(s)	Ruth E Matthias, A E Benjamin
Journal title	Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 24, no 3, 2005
Publisher	Haworth Press, 2005
Pages	pp 39-58
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Domiciliary services ; Care support workers ; Recruitment ; Staff turnover ; Family care ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	The continuing shortage of entry-level healthcare workers highlights the need to understand worker retention and turnover. This study focuses on intent to stay among 618 paid home care workers in California, half from agencies, and half employed under a consumer-directed model that includes both relatives and non-relatives of the client. Most workers (63.3%) report that they will very likely be working as a caregiver in 12 months, but more family than non-family caregivers say so. Being related to the client, and having fewer clients, more training, more job satisfaction, and hopes for a pay rise, all predict intent to stay. However, when family caregivers were analysed separately, there are no significant predictors of intent to stay. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060913209 A
Classmark	N: QRS: WK6: WJ7: P6:SJ: 48: 7T
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