title: Recruiting qualified home care aides: new candidate pools.
abstract: With the demographic surge of baby boomers and the number of women aged 25-45 projected to decline, the coming decades will see a shortage of workers to care for the elderly. Home care aide agencies will only be able to retain their competitive edge if they widen the pool of candidates from which they recruit and create an attractive and decent job. Creating a decent job with adequate pay, benefits, and support is a business strategy that will attract a wider range of workers, including those with minimal experience, and have positive ramifications for health care in the future--and now.
authors.affiliation: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, South Bronx, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wilner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018574:Home Care Agencies; D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011361:Professional Competence; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States