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Retaining workers in an ageing population
— insights from a representative aged and community care organisation |
| Author(s) | Siobhan Austen, Clinton McMurray, Gill Lewin, Rachel Ong |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 32, no 1, March 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, March 2013 |
| Pages | pp 41-46 |
| Source | http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journals/ajag |
| Keywords | Paid welfare workers ; Care support workers ; Nurses ; Personnel ; Employment ; Recruitment ; Staff turnover ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The aim of the present study was to provide new measures of employee retention in the aged care sector and to identify how employment retention varies across key groups of workers in the sector. The techniques of survival analysis were applied to staff record data from a representative provider of aged and community care services. Findings of the study showed that 63% of carer employment spells end within two years. 57% of nurse employment spells ended within this time period. Employment retention was poorest among young recruits, men and workers on casual contracts. The high rates of staff turnover add substantial costs and risks to aged care organisations and should be the focus of workforce strategies. Casual employment is one potential contributory factor. However the role of wages and other working conditions should also be examined. Given the importance of mature-age women in the sector, strategies should focus on their circumstances and needs. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130412223 A |
| Classmark | QP: QRS: QTE: QM: WJ: WK6: WJ7: 7YA |
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