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Measuring Worker Turnover in Long-Term Care: Lessons From the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration

06/20/2008 | Requests *

Summary

Policy makers and provider organizations continue to struggle to reduce turnover among direct-care workers in the long-term care field. Unfortunately, data elements used to measure turnover vary widely between programs and make it difficult to understand and counteract this problem. The authors discuss these challenges by drawing on their experience with the turnover tracking system of the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration.

Author

Barry PhD, Theresa "Teta"; Kemper PhD, Peter; Brannon PhD, S. Diane

Available Files

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Keywords

Recruitment and Retention; Personal Assistant; Caregiving; Better Jobs Better Care; BJBC; turnover; measurement; direct-care workers; DCW

Topic

Long-Term Care, Quality, Workforce/Direct Care

Type/Tool

Research abstracts

Source

Gerontologist

State

All States/Territories

Date Created

08/20/2008

Contact

Teta Barry

tetabarry@gmail.com

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2336

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