title: Home care aide retention: building team spirit to avoid employee walkouts.
abstract: While home care agencies work to increase productivity and decrease costs, it is easy to lose sight of the value of employees. Because home care aides are seldom in the office, their value to the organization may get overlooked. In this article, one home care agency shares ways to build team spirit among the home care aides and empower them to be better employees. The result has been increased productivity, improved morale, and a more stable workforce.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008611:Mentors; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover