Safety of union home care aides in Washington State

A rate-based understanding of home care aides' adverse occupational outcomes related to their work location and care tasks is lacking.Within a 30-month, dynamic cohort of 43 394 home care aides in Washington State, injury rates were calculated by aides' demographic and work characteristics. Injury narratives and focus groups provided contextual detail.Injury rates were higher for home care aides categorized as female, white, 50 to <65 years old,...