Welcome to PubAlerts. This is a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center. Our goal is to alert you to new publications in the area of Direct Care Workers in Long Term Care, drawing from a wide pool of sources. Please contact one of the library staff at aginginfo@unc.edu if you have comments or suggestions. --JOURNAL ARTICLES-- County level socioeconomic position, work organization and depression disorder: A repeated measures cross-classified multilevel analysis of low-income nursing home workers. Muntaner C, Li Y, Xue X, Thompson T, O'campo P, Chung H, Eaton WW. Health Place. 2005 Nov 27; [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16318920 Work factors and smoking cessation in nurses' aides: a prospective cohort study. Eriksen W. BMC Public Health. 2005 Dec 27;5(1):142 [Epub ahead of print] Nurse assistant mental models, sensemaking, care actions, and consequences for nursing home residents. Anderson RA, Ammarell N, Bailey D Jr, Colon-Emeric C, Corazzini KN, Lillie M, Piven ML, Utley-Smith Q, McDaniel RR Jr. Qual Health Res. 2005 Oct;15(8):1006-21. Rating the importance of nursing home residents' quality of life. Kane RL, Rockwood T, Hyer K, Desjardins K, Brassard A, Gessert C, Kane R. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Dec;53(12):2076-82. Oral care provided by certified nursing assistants in nursing homes. Coleman P, Watson NM. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Jan;54(1):138-43. Turnover turnaround. Hegeman CR. Health Prog. 2005 Nov-Dec;86(6):25-30. Organizational Characteristics Associated With Staff Turnover in Nursing Homes Nicholas G. Castle and John Engberg Gerontologist 2006;46: 62-73 http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/1/62?etoc Nursing Home Staffing Standards: Their Relationship to Nurse Staffing Levels Christine Mueller, Greg Arling, Robert Kane, Julie Bershadsky, Diane Holland, and Annika Joy Gerontologist 2006;46 74-80 http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/1/74?etoc --REPORTS-- Where Have All The Home Care Workers Gone? Margaret Denton, Isik Uria Zeytinoglu, Sharon Davies, and Danielle Hunter SEDAP Research Paper No. 128 (September 2005, .pdf format, 42p.). http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/sedap/p/sedap128.pdf Caregivers without Coverage Health Care for Health Care Workers, Policy Brief No. 1, 4 p. http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/download/PHI-191 PolicyBrief1Final.1.pdf Developing state partnerships and initiatives to address long-term care nursing workforce challenges. Biles, Brian , Robert Burke, Kristin McCloskey The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the Wertlieb Institute for Long Term Care at George Washington University, September 2005, 55 p. http://www.ahca.org/labor/DoLStateWFInitiatives.pdf Older Workers in Direct Care: A Labor Force Expansion Study Melanie Hwalek and Victoria Essenmacher Better Jobs Better Care, September 2005, 124 p. http://www.bjbc.org/content/docs/OperationABLEFinalReport112905.pdf --NEWS-- Massachusetts Home Care Workers Get Raise January 27, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=194010&res_type=6&txn_type= Wages Increase in Washington, D.C. January 27, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=193910&res_type=6&txn_type= WHCOA Recommendations Make Direct-Care Workers a Priority January 20, 2006 http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/n_news_det.jsp?res_id=193710&res_type=6&txn_type= Many who give care can't afford to get it Chicago Tribune, United States - Nov 23, 2005 ... Nursing home and home-care aides fall in this category, with median ... Council on Bioethics warned of an impending crisis if direct care workers--certified nurse ... http://news.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=43a3a0d98f9b6a9e&ei=jyqjQ7aTKrSi6AG678GLAg&url=http%3A//www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0511230196nov23%2C1%2C999101.story%3Fcoll%3Dchi-newsnationworld-hed&cid=0