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Our study examined workers\u2019 perceptions of the emotional effects of caring work, coping mechanisms, and desired support.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Research Design and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted 4 worker focus groups (n = 27). Moderators cross-checked codes and themes, and aides provided input through report-backs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Building close, trusting relationships with clients was central to aides\u2019 emotional well-being. Well-being was also influenced by relationships with client families and agency supervisors, work\u2013life balance, and the level to which aides felt their work was valued. Aides were largely alone in managing job stressors and desired more communication, connection, and support from supervisors and peers.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion and Implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Recognizing and supporting the emotional demands of caring work is crucial to strengthening the workforce. Policy makers and agencies must realign reimbursement systems, job descriptions, and care plans to include measures of emotional labor, improve communication between workers and supervisors, and provide training, mental health benefits, and peer support.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/geront\/gny099","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,27]],"date-time":"2018-07-27T19:13:24Z","timestamp":1532718804000},"page":"1055-1064","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":112,"title":["\u201cWho\u2019s Caring for Us?\u201d: Understanding and Addressing the Effects of Emotional Labor on Home Health Aides\u2019 Well-being"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Emily","family":"Franzosa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emma K","family":"Tsui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sherry","family":"Baron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2019111609102430700_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"79","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2524.1999.00167.x","article-title":"Workload, capacity for coping and psychological and physical outcomes amongst home helps in the Netherlands","volume":"7","author":"Arts","year":"1999","journal-title":"Health & Social Care in the Community"},{"key":"2019111609102430700_CIT0002","volume-title":"Why they leave: Turnover among Washington\u2019s home care workers","author":"Banijamali","year":"2012"},{"key":"2019111609102430700_CIT0002a","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"551","DOI":"10.1177\/0001839214538636","article-title":"What\u2019s love got to do with it? 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