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Wages or Legitimacy? A Qualitative Analysis of Home Care Worker Perspectives in Choosing Work Settings

Abstract

Directly-Funded (DF) home care allows users to organize and purchase their own care services and is expanding globally. Little is known about the career pathways of home care workers. Our study asks, what experiences and factors do home care workers consider when choosing a work setting? And, specifically, what influences their decisions to work directly for their clients? Framed with Cranford's (2020) flexibility-security matrix for analyzing …

Authors

Kelly C; Dansereau L; Sebring JCH; Lee Y; Williams A

Journal

INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing, Vol. 61, ,

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

January 2024

DOI

10.1177/00469580241248094

ISSN

0046-9580