Research on Home Support Workers

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                               Research Projects

Home Support Workers: HR strategies to meet future projected chronic care needs of older persons in Canada: Phase 2 Pan Canadian Consultations.

2009-2010

Principal Investigator: Dr Janice Keefe

Funded by: Health Canada

 

Home Support Workers: HR strategies to meet future projected chronic care needs of older persons in Canada: Phase 1.

2009

Principal Investigator: Dr Janice Keefe

Funded by: Health Canada

 

                                          Products & Publications

 

Keefe, J., Knight, L., Martin-Matthews, A., & Légaré, J. (2011). Key issues in human resource planning for home support workers in Canada. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, 40(1), 21-28. doi:10.3233/WOR-2011-1203 

Sims-Gould, J., Byrne, K., Craven, C., Martin-Matthews, A., & Keefe, J. (2010). Why I Became a Home Support Worker: Recruitment in the Home Health Sector. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 29(4), 171-194. doi:10.1080/01621424.2010.534047  

Keefe, J., Martin-Matthews, A., Légaré, J. (2011, June). Home support workers: HR strategies to meet chronic care needs of Canadians. Final Report. Halifax, NS: MSVU.

Keefe, J., Martin-Matthews, A., Légaré, J. (2011, June). Sommaire: Consultation sur les stratégies en matière de ressources humaines pour le recrutement et la rétention du personnel de soutien à domicile: Rapport final.

Keefe, J., Légaré, J., & Martin-Matthews, A. (2009, September). Consultation on human resource strategies for home support worker recruitment and retention. Phase 2: Pan Canadian consultations. Background Document.

Keefe, J., Knight, L., Martin-Matthews, A., Sims-Gould, J., Byrne, K., & Légaré, J. (2009, May). Home Support Workers: Human resource strategies to meet future projected chronic care needs of older persons in Canada. Laying the groundwork. Phase 1 Final Report. Prepared for Health Canada. Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax.

 

Home Support Workers - Project overview (PDF)Project Overview 2009

 

Home Support Workers - Project Results 2009 - 2010 (PDF) Project Results

 

Home Support Workers - Results from the pan Canadian consultations (PDF) Bulletin #3 2011

 

   
Front Page. HSW Bulletin 3 2011
Front Page. Why I became a HSW
Front Page. HSW project overview
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