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Cooperative Home Care Associates: a status report.
1Cooperative Home Care Associates, Bronx, NY.
Caring : National Association for Home Care Magazine
|March 10, 1990
Summary
Cooperative Home Care Associates offers stable, well-compensated jobs for home care paraprofessionals. This worker-owned business achieved significant sales, demonstrating a successful model for improved healthcare employment.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Social Enterprise
- Labor Economics
Background:
- Home care paraprofessionals often face precarious employment conditions.
- A need exists for stable, well-compensated jobs in the home healthcare sector.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the model of a worker-owned home healthcare agency.
- To assess the impact of providing stable employment and benefits to paraprofessionals.
Main Methods:
- Case study of Cooperative Home Care Associates.
- Analysis of business performance and job creation over five years.
Main Results:
- Cooperative Home Care Associates created 170 jobs.
- The company achieved approximately $2.5 million in sales by 1989.
- The model demonstrated financial viability and job growth.
Conclusions:
- Worker-owned models can successfully provide stable, beneficial employment in home healthcare.
- Improved working conditions for paraprofessionals are achievable and economically viable.