ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2023
Personal Support Worker Socio-Demographic Differences Across Care Sectors in Canada.
Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Cost of Turnover in Home Healthcare: A Conceptual Model.Healthcare management forum · 2026Article
- Exploring Personal Support Worker Education, Recruitment, and Retention in Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- How High-Performing Personal Support Workers Set and Maintain Boundaries When Providing Care: A Case Study in Ontario, Canada.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Vulnerability: An Interpretive Descriptive Study of Personal Support Workers' Experiences of Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Disadvantaged Home Care Personal Support Worker: Differences in Job Characteristics, Unionization, Pensions, Participation, and Wages by Care Sector in Canada.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Wages or Legitimacy? A Qualitative Analysis of Home Care Worker Perspectives in Choosing Work Settings.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
With the growing reliance on Personal Support Workers (PSWs) in health care delivery for older adults across hospital, nursing and long-term care home, and home and community (HC) sectors, understanding the PSW labor market is critical for healthcare human resource capacity to care for an aging population. This study utilizes a longitudinal, cross-provincial, individual-level dataset of PSWs in Canada from 1996-2010 to provide socio-demographic characteristics of PSWs by sector. Means, proportions, and multivariate tests of significance showed that PSWs differed significantly by care sector across many factors-including sex, health, family, and education characteristics. That HC PSWs were more likely to be older with lower health and higher disability status is important to consider when examining labor policies. Evidence of sector heterogeneity can lead to important differential effects on PSW labor supply behaviors and this research highlights the importance of tailoring initiatives aimed at recruitment and retention by sector.
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