Building a peer mentor home health aide program: implications for home health aide retention.
Summary of "Building a peer mentor home health aide program: implications for home health aide retention."
The Home Health Aide (HHA) industry is challenged with low wages, little possibility of career advancement, and high turnover rates. Jewish Home Lifecare, Home Assistance Personnel Inc. (HAPI) is a home care aide agency that has developed a Peer Mentor HHA program. Peer Mentor HHAs mentor newly hired/trained HHAs within our agency. This career path leads to higher paying work that allows for growth of our workforce for the identified growing care need and positively impacts HHA retention.
Affiliation
Athena Lu Kreiser, MHA, is Associate Director of Strategic Planning at Jewish Home Lifecare, New York. Tom Adamski, RN, EdD, is Associate Director of Psychiatric Programs at Jewish Home Lifecare, New York. Bridget Gallagher, MSN, GNP, is Senior Vice Presi
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Home healthcare nurse
ISSN: 1539-0713
Pages: 480-6
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811183
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0b013e3181ed7456
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Homebound Persons
Those unable to leave home without exceptional effort and support; patients (in this condition) who are provided with or are eligible for home health services, including medical treatment and personal care. Persons are considered homebound even if they may be infrequently and briefly absent from home if these absences do not indicate an ability to receive health care in a professional's office or health care facility. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p309)
Home Nursing
Nursing care given to an individual in the home. The care may be provided by a family member or a friend. Home nursing as care by a non-professional is differentiated from HOME CARE SERVICES provided by professionals: visiting nurse, home health agencies, hospital, or other organized community group.
Home Care Services
Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.
Home Care Agencies
Public or private organizations that provide, either directly or through arrangements with other organizations, home health services in the patient's home. (Hospital Administration Terminology, 2d ed)
Home Health Aides
Persons who assist ill, elderly, or disabled persons in the home, carrying out personal care and housekeeping tasks. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms. 2d ed, p202)
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