Understanding factors influencing personal care workers' intentions to stay: A systematic integrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically synthesise existing literature to identify influences on personal care workers' intentions to stay when employed in residential aged care.

Methods

A systematic integrative review was conducted, searching relevant literature across multiple databases, including Business Source Complete, CINAHL Complete, Medline Complete and APA PsycInfo via the EBSCOhost platform and EMBASE (excluding Medline). Articles were eligible for inclusion if they were peer-reviewed, published in English between 1997 and 2024, and focused on factors influencing personal care workers' intentions to stay in residential aged care. The methodological quality of the selected articles was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.

Results

This review included six art

SUBMITTER: O'Keefe B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11912523 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature