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Research Projects

Dr. Janice Keefe is on sabbatical from July 2019 to July 2020. For information on Dr. Keefe’s research activities click here





Home Support Workers: HR strategies to meet future projected chronic care needs of older persons in Canada: Phase 2 Pan Canadian Consultations.

2009-2010

Principal Investigator: Dr Janice Keefe

Funded by: Health Canada

Home Support Workers: HR strategies to meet future projected chronic care needs of older persons in Canada: Phase 1.

2009

Principal Investigator: Dr Janice Keefe

Funded by: Health Canada

Products & Publications

Dill, D. M., Keefe, J., & McGrath, D. S. (2012). The influence of intrinsic and extrinsic job values on turnover intention among Continuing Care Assistants in Nova Scotia. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 31(2), 111-129. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2012.681526

Keefe, J., Knight, L., Martin-Matthews, A., & Légaré, J. (2011). Key issues in human resource planning for home support workers in Canada. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, 40(1), 21-28. doi:10.3233/WOR-2011-1203

Sims-Gould, J., Byrne, K., Craven, C., Martin-Matthews, A., & Keefe, J. (2010). Why I Became a Home Support Worker: Recruitment in the Home Health Sector. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 29(4), 171-194. doi:10.1080/01621424.2010.534047

Keefe, J., Martin-Matthews, A., Légaré, J. (2011, June). Home support workers: HR strategies to meet chronic care needs of Canadians. Final Report. Halifax, NS: MSVU.

Keefe, J., Martin-Matthews, A., Légaré, J. (2011, June). Sommaire: Consultation sur les stratégies en matière de ressources humaines pour le recrutement et la rétention du personnel de soutien à domicile: Rapport final.

Keefe, J., Légaré, J., & Martin-Matthews, A. (2009, September). Consultation on human resource strategies for home support worker recruitment and retention. Phase 2: Pan Canadian consultations. Background Document.

Keefe, J., Knight, L., Martin-Matthews, A., Sims-Gould, J., Byrne, K., & Légaré, J. (2009, May). Home Support Workers: Human resource strategies to meet future projected chronic care needs of older persons in Canada. Laying the groundwork. Phase 1 Final Report. Prepared for Health Canada. Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax.

Home Support Workers – Project overview (PDF) Project Overview 2009

Home Support Workers – Project Results 2009 – 2010 (PDF) Project Results

Home Support Workers – Results from the pan Canadian consultations (PDF) Bulletin #3 2011