Research Catalog

Title

Who cares for them? : workers in the home care industry / Penny Hollander Feldman with Alice M. Sapienza and Nancy M. Kane.

Author

Feldman, Penny Hollander.

Publication

New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sapienza, Alice M.
• Kane, Nancy M.

Description

xiv, 235 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions to the study of aging, 0732-085X ; no. 16

Uniform Title

Contributions to the study of aging ; no. 16.

Subject

• Home health aides > United States
• Visiting housekeepers > United States
• Home care services > United States
• Job satisfaction
• Health Workforce
• Home Care Services
• Home Care Services > economics
• Home Care Services > organization & administration
• Job Satisfaction
• Job satisfaction
• Home care services
• Home health aides
• Visiting housekeepers
• Hauspflege
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228).

Contents

Labor Market, the Work Force, and Industry Conditions -- Providing Home Aide Services: The Challenge -- Home Care Labor Market -- Job of the Home Aide -- Understanding Job Satisfaction and Turnover -- Financial Conditions in the Home Care Industry -- Case Studies of the Work Life Demonstrations -- Introduction to the Case Studies -- Remedy Home and Health Care, Inc., San Diego -- Independent Living and Long Life Home Care Services, New York -- Quality Care: Syracuse and Milwaukee -- Overview of Work Life Programs -- Overview: Adopting and Implementing Work Life Changes -- Overview: Worker Participation, Turnover, and Continuity of Care -- Recommendations and Policy Implications

ISBN

• 0313268371
• 9780313268373

LCCN

89017234

OCLC

• ocm20220340
• 20220340
• SCSB-1749765

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library