Examining Predictors of Intention to Leave in Home Care and Differences among Types of Providers

Table 7

Themes related to why employees stay.

Theme	Details from respondents	Quotes
Patient/clients	“Love” for clients; Concern for clients if not there	“Wake up every morning excited to go to work,” “the patients keep me…”
Nature of community care	Being close to home; Having an impact on the community; The duties work and skills (critical thinking)	“Believe in the value, necessity and quality of community health care”
The “team”	The company, management, and coworkers; Friendly and helpful coworkers	“Feels like a family,” “amazing supervisor”; “Love the team”
Work practices	Having vacation and sick days, flexibility and independence, availability of overtime; Opportunities for continued learning	“Love the support”
Financial need	Years of services and pension stopped employees from leaving; Need for job/wages contractual obligation

RN and RPN respondents.