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--JOURNAL ARTICLES--

Perceptions of job satisfaction and the regulatory environment among nurse aides and charge nurses in long-term care
Barbara Cherry, Alyce Ashcraft, and Donna Owen
Geriatric Nursing. 2007 May-June; 28(3): 183-192.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG2-4NXN1TJ-K&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=694b9cd86c6b75e21ffd5391ee0449b5

A Keystone for Excellence: Implementing consistent assignment provides a strong foundation for achieving the goals of the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes program.
David Farrell and Barbara Frank
Provider. 2007 July; pgs. 35-36.
http://www.providermagazine.com/pdf/2007/caregiving-07-2007.pdf

Nursing home spending, staffing, and turnover.
Kash BA, Castle NG, Phillips CD.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2007 July/September;32(3):253-262.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17666996&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum


--REPORTS-

Unregulated work in the global city : employment and labor law violations in New York City
Annette Bernhardt, Siobhan McGrath, and James DeFilippis
Brennan Center for Justice (2007, .pdf format, 126p.)
http://www.brennancenter.org/dynamic/subpages/download_file_49436.pdf

Developing a New and Better Long Term Care System in NY State
Long Term Care Community Coalition (2007, .pdf format, 22p.)
http://www.ltccc.org/documents/WhitePaperFinal-corrected.pdf

Recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals: A working draft presentation to the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Future
Health Care Workforce for Older Americans
Steven L. Dawson
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (June 2007, .pdf format, 31p.)
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/download/Dawson_IOM_6-28-07_bkmk.pdf

The guaranteed hours program: Ensuring stable, full-time, direct-care employment
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) (July 2007, .pdf format, 6p.)
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/download/WorkforceStrategiesNo4.pdf


--BEST PRACTICES-

Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation-Peer Mentoring Program
http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/practices/r_pp_det.jsp?res_id=218910


--NEWS-

Montana Paper Explains Significance of Health Care Victory
The Missoulian, June 23, 2007
http://www.hchcw.org/index.php?page=hchcw-in-the-news#montana