Table 6.

Home Health or In-Home Care (HHIHC) Nurse Aides Experiences (n = 47).

Item	n (%)
Like most about the job
Independence or self-direction	13 (39.4)
Flexibility in schedule	4 (11.4)
Rarely need to work more hours than I want	2 (5.1)
Management cares about me	4 (11.1)
Direct supervisor cares about me	11 (26.8)
Best things about the job
Getting to know the patient	43 (91.5)
New patients every day	23 (48.9)
High quality equipment	28 (59.6)
I can work with the client to adjust product purchases	27 (57.4)
Challenging aspects of direct care tasks
Patient level of care	18 (38.3)
Not enough supplies (e.g., gloves)	19 (40.4)
Providing direct care to obese or bariatric residents	14 (29.8)
Providing urinary incontinence care	7 (14.9)
Physical injury or strain	26 (55.3)
Not enough equipment	12 (25.5)
Providing fecal incontinence care	13 (27.7)
Physically demanding	32 (68.1)
Challenging aspects of relationships
Too many patients on case load	15 (31.9)
Not enough time with each patient before visiting next patient	28 (59.6)
Residents with memory impairment	30 (63.8)
Residents with psychiatric or mental health conditions	35 (74.5)
Family members or other visitors in the home	30 (63.8)
Challenging aspects of workplace environment
Not enough reimbursement for travel time	30 (63.8)
Unable to communicate easily with the care team	20 (42.6)
Working in ‘bad neighborhoods’	19 (40.4)
Expected to do tasks that require more than 1 person	36 (76.6)
Unpredictable hours	15 (31.9)
Frequently changing company polices and rules	21 (44.7)

Note. Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding and/or non-reported answers.