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This case study reviews a mixed-methods, longitudinal study, which examines factors predicting job termination and the job experiences of home care aides. Home care aides are an essential component of our long-term care system, and as our population ages, we face an inadequate supply of these valuable direct-care workers. Increasing recruitment and retention of this workforce is essential to providing quality care to older adults with chronic disabilities who choose to "age-in-place"that is, at home in their communities. The study described herei?the Home Care Worker Retention Stud?utook place in Maine between 2008 and 2011. In the case study, I review the rationale for a longitudinal, mixed-methods design given the research questions and the state of the literature on this topic at the time of the study. I give particular attention to the start-up issues of obtaining human participants approval from the Institutional Review Board, constructing a survey instrument, and obtaining an adequate sample. The Home Care Worker Retention Study received funding from the National Institute on Aging through a mechanism that supports training students in health sciences research. Social work and nursing students were essential members of the research team, carrying out tasks in data collection and analysis. I underscore research practicalities such as securing quality data, retaining study participants in a longitudinal study, and completing qualitative data analysis with a team.

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas! Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging experience, social worker skills, professional functions, working with special populations, and health and long-term care concerns.

The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)r estricted access to postsecondary education for women on welfare. This article discusses the consequences of this aspect of PRWORAand the effect of higher education on women on welfare. The Parents as Scholars (PaS)Pr ogram of Maine—an innovative state program that allows women on welfare to attend college—is described, and data on the experiences of 222 Pas participants are presented. The participants reported increased selfesteem, enhanced opportunities, enriched lives, better relationships with their children, and excitement about their futures.

The study presented here examined how 218 elderly rural women defined and sought to maintain their health and examined the extent to which social networks, age, endurance, adaptation, and proactivity are related to health. It found that the respondents viewed health as the absence of illness and considered giving and productivity essential to their health.

The study presented here examined the attitudes of 218 rural elderly women toward receiving professional and governmental assistance. The results indicated that although the respondents had little familiarity with governmental programs, they were generally in favor of increased assistance for people in need. The relationship of these constructs to age, income, education, and marital status is discussed, as are the implications for social work practice with this population.

Examines the conditions that led to homelessness in the cases of 11 single middle-aged women via 58 interviews conducted during a 6-month period with the Ss & 3 service providers from shelters & a drop-in center. A comparative analysis of the data reveals that pivotal issues are relationships, resilience to hardship, & attempts to maintain normalcy. The women described their experiences without self-blame & with an awareness of the discrimination they face. It is suggested that definitions of homelessness are arbitrary, & a lack of adequate policies on income & housing perpetuates the problem. 36 References. Adapted from the source document.