ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2023
The Disadvantaged Home Care Personal Support Worker: Differences in Job Characteristics, Unionization, Pensions, Participation, and Wages by Care Sector in Canada.
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- The Cost of Turnover in Home Healthcare: A Conceptual Model.Healthcare management forum · 2026Article
- "Why do i have to get naked to have a sandwich made?": The social problem of aging and cultural shift needed to facilitate aging in place.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Increasing expenditures on home- and community-based services: Do home care workers benefit?Health services research · 2025Article
- 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
- 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
Personal Support Worker (PSW) supply is struggling to match the rising demand within many countries, particularly in the home and community (HC) sector. Although care demand projections are often sector-specific, our understanding of sector discrepancies on the PSW labour supply side is limited. This paper compares PSW job characteristics by means, proportions, and tests of significance across HC, nursing and long-term care home (LTC), and hospital sectors utilizing a sample of Canadian PSWs (1996-2010). Compared to LTC and hospital sectors, HC PSWs had significantly lower average wages, labour participation levels, permanent positions, job duration, and unionization rates. Relative wage distribution graphs showed how sector wage discrepancies existed across the wage distribution. These distinctions made the comparatively disadvantaged HC PSW position particularly salient, with important labour supply implications by sector. The relative attractiveness of HC sector jobs will become more critical as the rise in HC demand is projected to continue.
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