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--JOURNAL ARTICLES--

Second-Career CNAs in Nursing Homes: Tapping an Underused Resource
Karen Pennington, JoAnn G. Congdon, and Joan K. Magilvy
Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2007 June; 33(6).
http://www.jognonline.com/view.asp?rID=22239

Assessing job satisfaction of nurse aides in nursing homes: The nursing home nurse aide job satisfaction questionnaire
Nicholas G. Castle
Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2007 May; 33(5): 41-47.
http://www.jognonline.com/view.asp?rID=21805

Can't They Get Anything Better? Home Support Workers Call for Change
Linda S. Nugent
Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 2007; 26(2): 21-39.
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=97040

How Managers Can Retain Qualified In-Home Caregivers in a Competitive Job Market
Etelka Froymovich
Home Health Care Management & Practice. 2007; 19(3): 169-173.
http://hhc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/3/169?ct

Abuse and Violence During Home Care Work as Predictor of Worker Depression
Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 2006; 26(1): 59-77.
https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=5NRKK6EBMVA09L20S0QU0UMRDPBCE9L7&ID=94815

Market-modelled home care: Impact on job satisfaction and propensity to leave
Margaret Denton et al.
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XXXIII, Supplement, 2007; S81-S99.
http://economics.ca/cgi/jab?journal=cpp&view=v33s1/CPPv33s1p081.pdf

The business case for investing in staff retention: Can you afford not to?
David Farrell and Steven Dawson
FutureAge. 2007 March/April; 6(2): 8-11.
http://www.bjbc.org/content/docs/FA_FEAT_BusinessCaseforInvestinginStaffRetention_V6N2.pdf

Workplace interventions for retention, quality and performance
Jean Van Ryzin
FutureAge. 2007 March/April; 6(2): 16-19.
http://www.bjbc.org/content/docs/FA_FEAT_WorkplaceInterventionsforRetention_V6N2.pdf


--REPORTS-

Meeting the Long-Term Care Needs of the Baby Boomers: How Changing Families Will Affect Paid Helpers and Institutions
Richard W. Johnson, Desmond Toohey, and Joshua M. Wiener
Urban Institute (May 2007, .pdf format, 61p.)
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/311451_Meeting_Care.pdf

Occupational Composition of the Elder Care Industries, May 2005
Audrey Watson
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007, .pdf format, 15p.)
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2005/may/elder.pdf

Respectful relationships: The heart of better jobs better care
Ingrid McDonald
Better Jobs Better Care (April 2007, .pdf format, 16p.)
http://www.bjbc.org/content/docs/BJBCIssueBriefNo7.pdf


--NEWS-

Montana leads the way in covering caregivers: Other States Also Explore Ways to Insure the Uninsured
National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Worker, June 11, 2007
http://archives.subscribermail.com/msg/c1ae064d804f4c33b9469e100c75da22.htm