The Faces Of Home Care

Gleckman, Howard

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0889

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“…6 Wages and benefits may be blamed for higher turnover among home health aides. 7,8 According to the 2008 Paraprofessional Health care Institute report, 9 most direct-care workers including home health aides are severely underpaid and underinsured. In their report, for example, the US$9.56 hourly wage among direct-care workers is far below the US$17.90 mean hourly rate for all American workers.…”

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The Role of Transformational Leadership Styles in the Home Health Care Industry

Lee

2012

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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The concept of transformational leadership styles has been popular in medical communities in recent years but very limited information is available in the literature on the role of transformational leadership in relation to workplace performance among home health aides. A secondary data analysis was conducted using the 2007 National Home Health Aides Survey ( n = 1,828). A multivariate regression analysis was performed to estimate the association of transformational leadership styles with workplace performance among home health aides. Transformational leadership styles were positively linked to performance in reducing injury, increasing career satisfaction, and choosing their career again if they had to choose. Our finding suggests that introducing transformational leadership practices may benefit home health aides in improving their workplace performance.

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The Role of Transformational Leadership Styles in the Home Health Care Industry

Lee

2012

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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“…Some studies also highlight benefits of utilizing home health services (Chae et al, 2001;Intrator & Berg, 1998;Landers, 2010;Marx, Burke, Gaines, Resnick, & Parrish, 2011). However, there is a concern about workplace performance and compensation for nearly 2 million home health aides: low income salary and unattractive employment benefits (Gleckman, 2010), the 40-75% employment turnover rate (Stonerock, 1997), and work-related injuries that may be linked to high turnover among aides (Jorgensen et al, 2009;Parsons, Dixon, Brandt, & Wade, 2004). As home health aides are projected to grow 48% from 2012 to 2022 (USDOL Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014), it is necessary to investigate how home health aides experience in the workplace, with respect to perceived racial discrimination and the extent to which racial discrimination affects home health care organizations.…”

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Perceived Racial Discrimination among Home Health Aides: Evidence from A National Survey

Lee,

Muslin,

Mcinerney

2016

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

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Home health aides are one of our essential human resources in the U.S. long-term care industry but understanding whether home health aides experience racial discrimination in the workplace and, if so, which personal/organizational factors are associated at the national level has been unnoticed. Using a nationally representative sample (n=3,377), we attempt to investigate the association between racial discrimination and personal and organizational factors. The study found the 13.5% prevalence rate of racial discrimination. The study findings from multiple regression analysis reveal that black home care aides are more likely than white aides to experience racial discrimination in the workplace, suggesting that racial disparity may be an additional barrier to our home health care industry. National chain affiliation and low income were also found to be associated with perceived racial discrimination.

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