Banijamali Sahar, Jacoby Daniel, Hagopian Amy
a Service Employees International Union Healthcare , Seattle , Washington , USA.
Home Health Care Serv Q. 2014;33(3):137-58. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2014.929068.
Attracting and retaining a stable and motivated home care workforce has become a top policy priority. We surveyed 402 former home care workers in Washington State. We compared these "leavers" to current home care workers recently surveyed. Those who left the profession were more highly educated, had higher household income, and were more likely to be White. Those newly employed have better benefits, wages, hours, and career mobility than in their home care jobs. The low status and poor pay of home care workers may result in the inability of the profession to retain those who face better prospects.
吸引并留住一支稳定且积极工作的家庭护理劳动力队伍已成为首要政策重点。我们对华盛顿州402名前家庭护理工作者进行了调查。我们将这些“离职者”与近期接受调查的现任家庭护理工作者进行了比较。那些离职的人受教育程度更高、家庭收入更高，而且更有可能是白人。新入职者在福利、工资、工作时长和职业流动性方面比他们从事家庭护理工作时更好。家庭护理工作者地位低下且薪资微薄，这可能导致该行业无法留住那些面临更好前景的人。
