title: Direct-care staff stability in a national sample of small group homes.
abstract: In this national study of direct-care staff members working in 101 small (6 or fewer residents) community homes, we examined staff stability in terms of turnover, staff members' perceptions of turnover problems, and their intentions to remain a careprovider. The annual turnover rate for the facilities sampled was 57.0%. Staff members indicated that they planned to remain a care provider for an average of 5.4 years (SD = 5.9). One multiple regression analysis revealed two variables that accounted for 7% of the variability in facility turnover rates. Another multiple regression analysis revealed three employee and five employer variables that accounted for 53% of the variability in intended length of stay for individual staff members. The findings confirm the importance of individual staff member characteristics to staff members' stability.
authors.affiliation: Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration (UAP), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lakin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D016352:Group Homes; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce