Care Workers' Motivations for Employment in Long-Term Care, Assisted Living, and Particular Facilities: Reconciling Inconsistent Values

Direct care worker turnover and shortages plague long-term care, weakening its quality, heightening costs for governments and employers, and cyclically breeding further turnover and shortages of workers. To address these issues, I investigate why direct care workers chose employment in long-term car...

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Main Author: Lepore, Michael James
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2008
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/34
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=sociology_diss