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Wages, Benefits, and Flexibility Matter: Building a High Quality Home Care Workforce

07/13/2006 | Requests *

Summary

What incentives help encourage in-home supportive services workers to remain in caregiving? A Connecticut College research team explores this question by surveying 2,200 workers. "Flexibility and wages matter," the researchers note, "research clearly shows that giving workers $10/hr plus access to decent benefits significantly increases the supply and retention rate of home care workers, making it possible for consumers to find good caregivers." The executive summary offers further results.

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Available Files

Executive Summary Word (332K, 5 pages)
Executive Summary PDF (83K, 5 pages)

Keywords

Caregiving; Personal Assistant; health insurance; dental insurance;

Topic

Workforce

Type/Tool

Source

Better Jobs Better Care

State

California, All States/Territories

Date Created

07/13/2006

Contact

Candace Howes, PhD
Connecticut College

chow@conncoll.edu
860-439-5447

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1651

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