Job Satisfaction among Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors, Both Individual and Organizational.
Despite an increasing literature on professional nurses' job satisfaction, job satisfaction by nonprofessional nursing care providers and, in particular, in residential long-term care facilities, is sparsely described. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the evidence on which factors (individual and organizational) are associated with job satisfaction among care aides, nurse aides, and nursing assistants, who provide the majority of direct resident care, in residential long-term care facilities. Nine online databases were searched. Two authors independently screened, and extracted data and assessed the included publications for methodological quality. Decision rules were developed a priori to draw conclusions on which factors are important to care aide job satisfaction. Forty-two publications were included. Individual factors found to be important were empowerment and autonomy. Six additional individual factors were found to be not important: age, ethnicity, gender, education level, attending specialized training, and years of experience. Organizational factors found to be important were facility resources and workload. Two additional factors were found to be not important: satisfaction with salary/benefits and job performance. Factors important to care aide job satisfaction differ from those reported among hospital nurses, supporting the need for different strategies to improve care aide job satisfaction in residential long-term care.
School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5 ; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), 501 Smyth Road, Room 1282, Box 711, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.
Janet E
JE
Squires
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1C9.
Matthias
M
Hoben
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), 501 Smyth Road, Room 1282, Box 711, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6.
Stefanie
S
Linklater
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1C9.
Heather L
HL
Carleton
School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5.
Nicole
N
Graham
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1C9.
Carole A
CA
Estabrooks