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Solutions You Can Use: Transforming the Long-Term Care Workforce

This report outlines key BJBC research findings and what they mean to long-term care providers. The report is divided in the following sections: Full Research Report

Introduction

Applied Research and Evaluation Projects

How the Findings Are Organized

Possible Pools of Direct Care Workers: Older Workers

Possible Pools of Direct Care Workers: Family and Friends

Retention: Importance of Wages and Benefits

Retention: The Importance of Supervisors

What Supervisors Want and Need in Training

Retention: Importance of Job Satisfaction

Retention: Importance of Career Enhancements

Effect of Direct Care Worker Job Commitment on Residents

Retention: The Role of a Retention Specialist

Training Direct Care Workers: Initial Training and Orientation

Training Direct Care Workers: Continuing Education

Developing Cultural Competence

Appendix: Contact Information for Better Jobs Better Care Research Projects

Better Jobs Better Care Program
Institute for the Future of Aging Services, AAHSA
2519 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008-1520
Email: bjbc@bjbc.org Tel: 202-508-1216 Fax: 202-783-4266

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