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Long Term Care With Short Term Workers: An Examination Of Nursing Home Nurse Aide Turnover

Timothy H. Brubaker

Since it has been consistently documented that the nursing home industry is characterized by high labor turnover, this study is undertaken to determine what factors may be contributing to this turnover. Particular attention is directed to selected job and employee related characteristics that differentiate between nursing home nurse aides who have either quit their job or who have continued working. The findings suggest that nurse aides who are older, have more dependent children, live closer to work, have had a lengthier employment tenure on their previous job, and have a longer number of months worked as nurse aides are employees who tend to stay on the job. These correlates of turnover are discussed in regards to hiring employees who have a greater likelihood of continuing their employment as well as to approaches to increase employment tenure.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 3, No. 1, 50-58 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/073346488400300106


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