Who is looking after Mom and Dad? Unregulated workers in Canadian long-term care homes.
Who is looking after Mom and Dad? Unregulated workers in Canadian long-term care homes.
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DOI：
10.1017/s0714980814000506
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发表时间：
2015-03
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Norton, Peter G.
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作者：
Estabrooks, Carole A.;Squires, Janet E.;Carleton, Heather L.;Cummings, Greta G.;Norton, Peter G.
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居住在长期护理或养老院的老年人有越来越复杂的需求，包括比过去更多的痴呆症，但我们对提供护理的不受监管的劳动力知之甚少。我们调查了1，381护理助理在30个城市养老院的代表性样本在三个加拿大草原省份和报告人口，健康和福祉，以及工作相关的特征。超过50%的受访者不是在加拿大出生的，他们的第一语言不是英语。他们报告说，他们的倦怠程度相当高，对自己的工作价值有强烈的感觉。报告参加教育课程的答复者寥寥无几。对这一直接照顾者的劳动力了解甚少，培训或最低教育标准有限，各省的培训情况差别很大。影响护理助手的工作场所特征反映了在专职医疗专业中沉淀倦怠的因素，对护理质量，员工健康和员工保留的影响。
Older adults living in residential long-term care or nursing homes have increasingly complex needs, including more dementia than in the past, yet we know little about the unregulated workforce providing care. We surveyed 1,381 care aides in a representative sample of 30 urban nursing homes in the three Canadian Prairie provinces and report demographic, health and well-being, and work-related characteristics. Over 50 per cent of respondents were not born in Canada and did not speak English as their first language. They reported moderately high levels of burnout and a strong sense of their work’s worth. Few respondents reported attending educational sessions. This direct caregiver workforce is poorly understood, has limited training or standards for minimum education, and training varies widely across provinces. Workplace characteristics affecting care aides reflect factors that precipitate burnout in allied health professions, with implications for quality of care, staff health, and staff retention.