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| Voluntary and involuntary nursing home staff turnover | | Author(s) | Christopher Donoghue, Nicholas G Castle |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 28, no 4, July 2006 |
| Pages | pp 454-472 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Staff turnover ; Redundancy ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The importance of distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary turnover of formal caregivers in nursing homes was explored, also the characteristics of nursing homes relating to this. Primary data from 554 facilities in four US states were merged with data from the 2004 Online Survey, Certification and Recording system. Multinomial regression analyses were conducted to determine whether organisational characteristics were related to a greater probability of high or low levels of voluntary or involuntary turnover among formal caregivers. The analysis revealed that a higher ratio of nurses to beds, a smaller number of quality of care deficiencies, and a smaller proportion of residents using Medicaid were all associated with lower voluntary turnover but higher involuntary turnover. The findings indicate that controlling turnover is a complex process that may involve monitoring the organisational levels not only of voluntary separations but also involuntary terminations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060922202 A |
| Classmark | LHB: WJ7: WI: 3F: 7T |
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