Profile of Home Care Aides, Nursing Home Aides, and Hospital Aides: Historical Changes and Data Recommendations
The GerontologistPublished 1 April 2002Open access
Yasuhiko Yamada
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Whereas demographic characteristics and work conditions of hospital and nursing home aides show little change over the decade, home care aides today are generally younger, more educated, more likely to hold full-time positions, and more likelyto have health benefits than their counterparts 10 years ago, yet work conditions are still poorer for home care aide than for the other types of aides.
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Work conditions need further improvement, particularly for home care aides. More accurate data to describe paraprofessional care workers are also necessary to address the serious worker shortage problems.
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