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Journal articles on the topic "Aged-care workers"
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Narknisorn, Boontarika. "Gender, Elder Care and Care Workers in Thai Governmental Home for the Aged." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 3, no. 7 (July 15, 2012): 254–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v3i7.709.
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Thai government discouraged formal care. Research on care workers and care work in Thai governmental homes for the aged was limited and unvoiced. This research aimed to investigate gender, elder care and care workers in Thai governmental home for the aged by exploring (1.) gender and care workers, (2.) how elder care was performed, (3.) care workers’ work condition and (4.) care workers’ work satisfaction. Qualitative research was employed to understand care workers’ perspectives. Research techniques were observation, focus group interview and in-depth interview with all care workers in one Thai governmental home for the aged and interview with key informants. Identifying themes and content analysis was applied. The results showed that there were more female than male care workers. Care work was socially constructed to women’s roles. There was an awareness to include both genders in care work, especially demanding for same sex of care workers and older persons for personal care. Since there were high numbers of older persons, care work demanded work that is more physical. Care work was not a professional work and attracted more women who were unemployed or had low level of education. Care work was linked to unpaid or low paid work. Since Thai government discouraged formal care, more care workers experienced poor work condition and dissatisfaction due to double disadvantages of under valuation of care work and formal care. There were more dissatisfied care workers who expressed poor working condition as no advancement, inadequate salary and benefits, poor coordination among departments, conflicts among coworkers, which affected personal goals, family life and health of care workers. However, satisfied care workers expressed mental and spiritual fulfillment as love, care, attachment, life meaning and morality that could overcome negative aspects of care work. Research, policy, practical implications and recommendations were to create more awareness of gender and care work that links to care workers’ work condition and satisfaction in formal care in Thailand.
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Somerville, Margaret. "Becoming‐worker: vocational training for workers in aged care." Journal of Vocational Education & Training 58, no. 4 (December 2006): 471–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13636820601005818.
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King, Debra, Sven Svensson, and Zhang Wei. "Not always a quick fix: The impact of employing temporary agency workers on retention in the Australian aged care workforce." Journal of Industrial Relations 59, no. 1 (October 22, 2016): 85–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185616673867.
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The use of external labour such as temporary agency workers in the general workforce has increased in recent decades, but comparatively little is known about their impact within the aged care workforce. This article analyses quantitative data from a census of aged care facilities and a large-scale survey of their workforce regarding the use and impact of temporary agency workers on internal workers. It demonstrates that employing temporary agency workers helps address labour shortages generally and skill shortages in particular. However, it has a negative impact on the job satisfaction of internal personal care workers – a predictor of an increase in intention to leave. In contrast, there was little impact on internal nurse satisfaction. The use of temporary agency workers could therefore create a paradox: increasing personal care worker numbers in the short term, but negatively impacting on their retention in the long term. Given the need for an expanded and sustainable aged care workforce, this finding has important implications for organisations, policy and unions.
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GEORGE, ESTHER, LEIGH HALE, and JENNIFER ANGELO. "Valuing the health of the support worker in the aged care sector." Ageing and Society 37, no. 5 (February 22, 2016): 1006–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x16000131.
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AbstractThis study explored aged care support workers’ perceptions of how their health was influenced by their job, highlighting similarities and differences of those working in community-based and institution-based care. Support workers working in two institution-based and three community-based aged care organisations were invited to participate. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with ten participants. Open-ended questions probed participants’ perceptions of their health as it related to their work. Data were analysed with the General Inductive Approach. Four central themes were identified, many of which related to mental, as opposed to physical health. ‘Love of the job’ described various sources of satisfaction for participants. These factors commonly overrode the negative aspects. ‘Stress’ encompassed the negative influences on all aspects of health. ‘Support’ described the positive influences on health, which supported participants in their job. ‘Physicality’ described the physical nature of the job and the positive and negative impact this had on participants’ health. Support workers perform numerous tasks, which often impact upon their health. Aspects of the job that may impact the health of the worker are improved communication and support from management, as well as recognition for support workers’ contribution to society. These could be targeted to enhance support worker health. Additional training and reduced time pressure may also represent aspects for improvement, to optimise support workers’ physical health.
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McInerney, Fran, Rosemary Ford, Angela Simpson, and Michelle Willison. "Residential Aged-Care Workers and the Palliative Approach." Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing 11, no. 6 (November 2009): 344–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/njh.0b013e3181bd03df.
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Radford, Katrina, Kate Shacklock, and Graham Bradley. "Personal care workers in Australian aged care: retention and turnover intentions." Journal of Nursing Management 23, no. 5 (November 13, 2013): 557–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12172.
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Choy, Sarojni, and Amanda Henderson. "Preferred strategies for workforce development: feedback from aged care workers." Australian Health Review 40, no. 5 (2016): 533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah15116.
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Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate how aged care workers prefer to learn and be supported in continuing education and training activities. Methods Fifty-one workers in aged care facilities from metropolitan and rural settings across two states of Australia participated in a survey and interviews. Survey responses were analysed for frequencies and interview data provided explanations to the survey findings. Results The three most common ways workers were currently learning and prefer to continue to learn are: (1) everyday learning through work individually; (2) everyday learning through work individually assisted by other workers; and (3) everyday learning plus group training courses at work from the employer. The three most common types of provisions that supported workers in their learning were: (1) working and sharing with another person on the job; (2) direct teaching in a group (e.g. a trainer in a classroom at work); and (3) direct teaching by a workplace expert. Conclusions A wholly practice-based continuing education and training model is best suited for aged care workers. Two variations of this model could be considered: (1) a wholly practice-based model for individual learning; and (2) a wholly practice-based model with guidance from coworkers or other experts. Although the model is preferred by workers and convenient for employers, it needs to be well resourced. What is known about the topic? Learning needs for aged care workers are increasing significantly because of an aging population that demands more care workers. Workforce development is largely ‘episodic’, based on organisational requirements rather than systematic life-long learning. This study is part of a larger 3-year Australian research to investigate models of continuing education training. What does this paper add? Based on an analysis of survey and interview data from 51 workers, the present study suggests effective models of workforce development for aged care workers. What are the implications for practitioners? The effectiveness of the suggested models necessitates a culture where aged care workers’ advancement in the workplace is valued and supported. Those responsible for the development of these workers need to be adequately prepared for mentoring and coaching in the workplace.
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Coppin, Rosalie, and Greg Fisher. "Career mentoring in aged care: Not all it seems." Australian Journal of Career Development 29, no. 1 (March 5, 2020): 12–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1038416219863518.
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Understanding the nature of career mentoring is important for improving the career experience of aged care workers. This study explores the career mentoring behaviours of sponsorship, coaching, advocacy, challenging assignments, exposure and visibility in the residential aged care context. Interviews were conducted with 32 aged workers from several occupations within the care context. It was found that career mentoring in the aged care context was limited. The mentor behaviours of coaching, sponsorship and advocacy were limited and there was no opportunity in aged care to provide challenging assignments or promote exposure and visibility. Organisations and managers can facilitate learning and personal development by providing inclusive training for all workers regardless of the need to meet professional registration requirements. Learning needs to be continuous as careers and clinical techniques evolve. Extension of existing mentoring programmes to include all care workers would improve overall quality of care in residential aged care facilities.
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Tang, Judy. "Aged care in Australia: A guide for aged care workers- by D. Dawbin & A. Rogers." Australasian Journal on Ageing 28, no. 1 (March 2009): 47–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00346.x.
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Stevens, Bruce A. "Mindful self-compassion for chaplains and aged care workers." Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging 28, no. 3 (April 4, 2016): 255–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2015.1132490.
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Howrie, Paul. "How general practitioners and aged care workers perceive incidences of elder abuse." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1351.
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As the Australian population is expanding and ageing, there is an associated need for a focus to be placed on the Individual rights of elderly people, and for the general populus to be made more aware of areas related to our older generation. Elder abuse, as an area of concern, developed as an offshoot of investigations into child abuse and general domestic violence, and initially surfaced in the 1970s and 80s. Some sections of the medical profession were made specifically aware of the problem initially in 1975, through a letter that was sent to the British Medical Journal. However, throughout some of the literature, GPs have been criticised about their level of awareness of the issue of elder abuse, and for their lack of involvement in this area. The purpose of this study was to explore how General Practitioners and Aged Care workers perceive incidences of elder abuse. Due to the limited amount of research which has been undertaken on elder abuse within Australia, the study looked at exploring the issue rather than trying to measure its cause, or trying to identify the extent of the problem. The study investigated the perceptions of general practitioners (GPs) toward the area of elder abuse, and looked further to explore how general practitioners were perceived by aged care workers. The approach used for data collection consisted of circulating 100 mailed out questionnaires to general practitioners within metropolitan Perth, and follow up face-to-face interviews with some of the respondents to this questionnaire. Additionally, face-to-face interviews were also held with key informants who worked in the aged care industry, to ascertain their perceptions of elder abuse. The mailed questionnaires were analysed by adding the frequencies of responses given to each question. The data from the face-to-face doctor interviews and the key informant interviews were transcribed verbatim from the tape recordings and then assessed by looking for consistent regularities from each response made, therefore using a cross-case analysis. From this analysis, patterns emerged in the data, from which themes were developed. The recommendations from the data suggest that a clear and concise definition of elder abuse needs to be developed, to assist in clearly Identifying the prevalence of the problem. The data further recommended the need for an awareness campaign on the area of elder abuse to be undertaken. This should focus on raising the awareness of the possible characteristics of individuals who are vulnerable to being abused, as well as the characteristics of likely perpetrators of abuse. This study also recommended that a coordinated approach to dealing with the area of elder abuse should be developed, which should include the development of specific roles that should be undertaken by professional and non-professionals. Training of people across the Human Services field in the area of elder abuse, and in particular, GPs, social workers and paraprofessionals who work with elderly people, was identified as a recommendation of the study. Areas of training should include: awareness of the problem's existence; providing people with the required skills to detect cases of abuse; providing insight to referral agencies who may be able to assist; having a clear and exhaustive list of interventions to use to assist with addressing the problem; and having knowledge of the characteristics that abused individuals, and perpetrators are likely to have. This study also Identified that more research is required to ascertain if the amount of time which GPs spend with elderly people, is sufficient for them to identify cases of elder abuse, and if the allocated time from Medicare is adequate for GPs to Identify elder abuse.
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Sinasac, Patricia A. "Residential aged care health workers' knowledge, attitudes and confidence in providing care to a person with a stoma : a needs analysis for education." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/104436/1/Patricia_Sinasac_Thesis.pdf.
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This study of residential aged care health workers’ knowledge, attitudes and confidence in providing care to an older person with a stoma was conducted to identify characteristics of the learners and educational needs to effectively provide stoma care. The findings will be valuable to inform development of an educational program aimed at aged care health workers’ to give appropriate and confident stoma care to residents.
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Barbosa, Ana Luísa Balonas. "Supporting direct care workers caring for people with dementia: exploring the effects of a psycho-educational intervention." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17535.
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Doutoramento em Gerontologia e GeriatriaThere is widespread recognition of the need to provide more person-centred care to the increasing number of people with dementia being cared for in aged-care facilities. The bulk of this care is provided by direct care workers who experience high levels of stress, burnout and job dissatisfaction. Inadequate training in dementia care, high workload or a non-supportive leadership, have been shown to negatively impact these workers’ emotional wellbeing and to compromise the provision of person-centred care. Psychoeducational interventions, by including both illness-specific information and support for stress-reduction, can benefit care workers and care provision, yet, there has been little attempt to examine the effects of such interventions in the context of formal caregiving. Thus, the purpose of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate a person-centred care-based psycho-educational intervention for direct care workers caring for people with dementia in agedcare facilities. Specifically, this experimental study aimed to assess the effects of the intervention on direct care workers: (i) perceived stress, burnout, and job satisfaction; (ii) person-centred communicative behaviours; (iii) and quality of interactions with residents with dementia. Also, the medium-term efficacy of the intervention was assessed, and a qualitative study of the factors that were relevant to the success or failure of the intervention was undertaken. A pretest-posttest control group design was used. Four aged-care facilities were randomly assigned to an experimental group (psycho-educational intervention) or control group (education-only intervention). Data were gathered at baseline, two weeks and six months after the intervention, through self-administered instruments, video-recordings of morning care routines and semi- structured interviews. Results suggested limited although promising support for the impact of a psycho-educational intervention on direct care workers. There was evidence that the intervention could assist in reducing these workers’ burnout and modest positive findings were found on several person-centred communicative behaviours (e.g., involvement and laugh). However, the study did not confirm the efficacy of the intervention on perceived stress and job satisfaction, with a decline in six month follow-up being noticed for both variables. Several factors were reported to inhibit or facilitate the impact and sustainability of the intervention, including the: nature of the intervention itself; the organisational context; care workers and managers’ attitudes and behaviours; and residents’ level of disability. The results of this study provide preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of psycho-educational interventions on direct care workers and provide indications of how these might be developed in the future. Findings highlight the importance of seeing these initiatives as an important stimulus for change but are also suggestive of the need to broaden their focus to include residents, residents’ family, organisational and societal factors in order to achieve more positive and long-lasting changes in the quality of care.
A necessidade de prestar cuidados mais centrados na pessoa a um crescente número de pessoas com demência admitidas em estruturas residenciais tem sido amplamente reconhecida. Os cuidados nestas estruturas tendem a ser prestados por ajudantes de ação direta que apresentam elevados níveis de stress, exaustão e insatisfação profissional. A insuficiente formação na demência, a sobrecarga de trabalho ou ausência de uma liderança suportiva, representam alguns dos fatores com impacto no seu bem-estar emocional, podendo comprometer a prestação de cuidados centrados na pessoa. As intervenções psico-educativas, ao integrar informação acerca da doença e apoio emocional, podem ter efeitos benéficos no bem-estar dos ajudantes de ação direta e na prestação de cuidados, todavia, esta abordagem tem sido pouco estudada junto de cuidadores formais. Assim, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo desenhar, implementar e avaliar uma intervenção psicoeducativa, baseada no cuidado centrado na pessoa, para ajudantes de ação direta que cuidam de pessoas com demência em estruturas residenciais. Especificamente, este estudo experimental visou avaliar a eficácia da intervenção: (i) no stress percebido, exaustão e satisfação profissional dos ajudantes de ação direta; (ii) nos comportamentos comunicacionais dos ajudantes de ação direta; (iii) na qualidade das interações dos ajudantes de ação direta com as pessoas com demência. Adicionalmente, foram analisados os efeitos a médio prazo da intervenção e realizado um estudo qualitativo acerca dos fatores relevantes para o seu (in)sucesso. O presente estudo envolveu um desenho do tipo pré-teste pós-teste com grupo de controlo. Quatro estruturas residenciais foram aleatoriamente alocadas ao grupo experimental (intervenção psico-educativa) ou de controlo (intervenção educativa). Os dados foram recolhidos antes, duas semanas e seis meses após a intervenção através de instrumentos de autopreenchimento, vídeogravação dos cuidados manhã e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados sugerem um impacto limitado mas promissor da intervenção junto dos ajudantes de ação direta. Observou-se uma redução dos níveis de exaustão e resultados modestos mas positivos em vários comportamentos comunicacionais (por exemplo, envolvimento e riso). No entanto, não se observaram resultados significativos ao nível do stress percebido e satisfação profissional, verificando-se um declínio aos seis meses em ambas as variáveis. Vários fatores foram apontados como inibidores ou facilitadores do impacto e sustentabilidade da intervenção, incluindo: a natureza da própria intervenção; o contexto organizacional; as atitudes e comportamentos dos ajudantes de ação direta e da liderança; e o nível de dependência das pessoas com demência. Os resultados deste estudo oferecem dados preliminares acerca da eficácia das intervenções psico-educativas junto de ajudantes de ação direta e informação relevante para o seu desenvolvimento futuro. Destacam a importância de ver estas iniciativas como um importante estímulo para a mudança, sugerindo a necessidade de ampliar o seu foco às pessoas com demência, seus familiares, organização e sociedade de forma a alcançar mudanças mais consistentes e positivas na qualidade dos cuidados.
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Wong, Kam-chu Gemma. "Attitudes of health care workers towards the elderly with dementia in Hong Kong." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14512026.
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Hansen, Annissa Margaret. "Shaping aged care work through technology: A senior manager affordance perspective." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208914/1/Annissa_Hansen_Thesis.pdf.
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This research identifies the affordances of technology in aged care from the perspectives of senior managers. Interviews with Executives and Directors in a large aged care provider, an aged care industry body, and an aged care technology developer revealed the numerous ways in which technology shapes the aged care work environment. The findings suggest that government, aged care organisations, and technology providers need to balance the efficiencies of technology adoption with the humanistic nature of aged care work.
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Hirsch, Jameson K., Fuschia M. Sirois, Danielle Molnar, and Edward C. Chang. "Pain and Depressive Symptoms in Primary Care: Moderating Role of Positive and Negative Affect." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/860.
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OBJECTIVES: Pain and its disruptive impact on daily life are common reasons that patients seek primary medical care. Pain contributes strongly to psychopathology, and pain and depressive symptoms are often comorbid in primary care patients. Not all those who experience pain develop depression, suggesting that the presence of individual-level characteristics, such as positive and negative affect, that may ameliorate or exacerbate this association. METHODS: We assessed the potential moderating role of positive and negative affect on the pain-depression linkage. In a sample of 101 rural, primary care patients, we administered the Brief Pain Inventory, NEO Personality Inventory-Revised positive and negative affect subclusters, and the Center for Epidemiology Scale for Depression. RESULTS: In moderation models, covarying age, sex, and ethnicity, we found that positive affect, but not negative affect, was a significant moderator of the relation between pain intensity and severity and depressive symptoms. DISCUSSION: The association between pain and depressive symptoms is attenuated when greater levels of positive affects are present. Therapeutic bolstering of positive affect in primary care patients experiencing pain may reduce the risk for depressive symptoms.
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(9777431), Lovasoa Andriamora. "Identifying strategies to alleviate aged-care worker burnout: A study from two aged-care facilities in Sydney." Thesis, 2014. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Identifying_strategies_to_alleviate_aged-care_worker_burnout_A_study_from_two_aged-care_facilities_in_Sydney/13387226.
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This thesis identifies strategies that will help alleviate the burnout experienced among aged-care workers in Sydney. Specifically, the study investigates the factors contributing to burnout in the human services sector with particular application to two aged-care facilities.Burnout among carers has been a major concern for many years in health care fields. Previous studies of the issue have generally focused on examining
the causes of burnout and the associated consequences. However, there seems a lack of studies which suggest interventions for the alleviation of burnout. The literature in this field has identified ten factors pre-disposing carers to burnout in the aged-care industry. In this study the factors are categorised into three major groups: fixed, moderate and non-fixed factors. To gather data to achieve the research goals, a qualitative interview approach was employed. Data was elicited from twenty-five survey participants grouped as follows:
ten assistant nurses, eight nurses, three facility managers and four relatives of those in care. Participants were selected from the Canterbury Domain Principal Aged Care facility and the Frank Vickery Lodge of the Wesley Mission at Sylvania. A version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory was adapted and used as a verification tool for interviews completed by those participating in the study. Major factors identified as influencing burnout among aged-care workers included:
problems with facility staffing, the lack of ethics (or otherwise described as a breach of duty of care), and the unrealistic expectations of relatives. Recommendations arising from the study findings include: a review of training for aged-care workers, promotion of the professionalism of the aged-care profession, regulation with regard to the staff-resident ratio, and synergistic collaboration between relatives and staff. There are significant challenges to the development and maintenance of a healthy aged-care workforce in Australia. Although the data in this study is generated by
small cohorts from only two sites, the strategies identified might be applied to those sites and have wider application potential for the well-being of aged-care workers in other aged-care facilities.
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Barbosa, Ana, M. Nolan, L. Sousa, and D. Figueiredo. "Person-centredness in direct care workers caring for residents with dementia: effects of a psycho-educational intervention." 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15609.
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YesThis study assessed the effects of a psycho-educational intervention on direct care workers' person-centredness during morning care to residents with dementia. A controlled pretest–posttest study was conducted in four aged-care facilities with 56 direct care workers (female, mean age 44.72 ± 9.02). Two experimental facilities received a psycho-educational intervention comprising person-centred care competences and stress management skills; control facilities received an education-only intervention, without stress support. In total, 112 video-recorded morning care sessions were coded using the Global Behaviour Scale. Both groups reported significantly higher scores on eight of 11 items of the Global Behaviour Scale and on the Global Behaviour Scale total score at posttest (F=10.59; p=0.02). Global Behaviour Scale total score improvements were higher for the experimental group, with values close to significance (F=3.90; p=0.054). The findings suggest that a psycho-educational intervention may increase care workers' person-centredness. Further research is needed to explore the long-term sustainability and extent of its benefits on workers and residents.
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Lawrence, Janet J. "Exploring the Effect of Aged Care Education on Quality of Care." Thesis, 2019. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/41798/.
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Despite changes in legislation and increased funding and monitoring, there have been problems related to the quality of care in the aged care sector in Australia for several decades. An appropriately qualified aged care workforce is considered the key to improving aged care practices. Therefore, this study aims to understand the reasons for the ongoing problems in the aged care sector that relate to aged care education.
Since the 1990s, many studies have focused on care practices in nursing homes, now known as Residential Aged Care Services (RACS). The terms nursing homes and rest homes are still used in other countries. However, few studies examined the influence of aged care education on care practices in RACS. This thesis examines these issues considering John Dewey's (1859–1952) conceptual framework of pragmatism, which is employed in this qualitative study. The framework uses a mixed methods approach, including qualitative data from interviews and quantitative data from an online survey and document analysis of published documents. The document analysis includes the Department of Education and Training's aged care training packages and the Quality of Care Principles 2014.
The findings from the interviews were corroborated with the content analysis from the published documents and the descriptive analysis from the online survey. The results were presented in the context of aged care literature and current practices in aged care. Managers and care workers discussed five main themes: (1) the need for consistent models of care; (2) the need for a better understanding of working within a legislative framework; (3) the need to broaden educational topics on chronic health conditions, documentation and elder abuse; (4) the development of soft skills to meet the challenges of working in an aged care environment; and (5) the need for an application of knowledge through simulation and experiential learning by qualified mentors with experience and knowledge in aged care.
The conclusion presents a critical discussion of the results from a pragmatist perspective. It suggests a new pedagogical aged care education model Democratic Experiential Learning Aged Care Education Model that incorporates Dewey's writings on democracy and experiential learning.
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Barbosa, Ana, A. Marques, L. Sousa, M. Nolan, and D. Figueiredo. "Effects of a psycho-educational intervention on direct care workers’ communicative behaviours with residents with dementia." 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15605.
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YesThis study assessed the effects of a person-centred care based psycho-educational intervention on direct care workers’ communicative behaviours with people with dementia living in aged care facilities. An experimental study with a pre-posttest control group design was conducted in four aged care facilities. Two experimental facilities received an eight-weekly psycho-educational intervention aiming to develop workers’ knowledge about dementia, person-centred care competences and tools for stress management; control facilities received an education-only, with no support to deal with stress. A total of 332 morning care sessions, involving fifty-six direct care workers (female, mean age 44.72±9.02), were video-recorded before and two weeks after the intervention The frequency and duration of a list of verbal and non-verbal communicative behaviours were analysed. Within the experimental group there was a positive change from pre to post-test on the frequency of all workers’ communicative behaviours. Significant treatment effects in favour of the experimental group were obtained for the frequency of inform (p<0.01, ƞ2partial=0.09) and laugh (p<0.01, ƞ2 partial=0.18). Differences between groups emerged mainly in relation to non-verbal communicative behaviours. The findings suggest that a person-centred care based psycho-educational intervention can positively affect the direct care workers’ communicative behaviours with residents with dementia. Further research is required to determine the extent of the benefits of this approach.
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Books on the topic "Aged-care workers"
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MacBride-King, Judy L. Caring about caregiving: The eldercare responsibilities of Canadian workers and the impact on employers. Ottawa: Conference Board of Canada, 1999.
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Okojie, Felix A. Short-term training on continuity of care for medical social workers, case managers, and outreach workers in Mississippi: Final report. Jackson, Miss. (1400 J.R. Lynch St., Jackson 39217): Jackson State University, Dept. of Sociology, 1991.
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Okojie, Felix A. Short-term training on continuity of care for medical social workers, case managers, and outreach workers in Mississippi: Final report. Jackson, Miss. (1400 J.R. Lynch St., Jackson 39217): Jackson State University, Dept. of Sociology, 1991.
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Okojie, Felix A. Short-term training on continuity of care for medical social workers, case managers, and outreach workers in Mississippi: Final report. Jackson, Miss. (1400 J.R. Lynch St., Jackson 39217): Jackson State University, Dept. of Sociology, 1991.
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Okojie, Felix A. Short-term training on continuity of care for medical social workers, case managers, and outreach workers in Mississippi: Final report. Jackson, Miss. (1400 J.R. Lynch St., Jackson 39217): Jackson State University, Dept. of Sociology, 1991.
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Sewell, Suzanne. Enhancing volunteer services: Eldercare grant #90AM0599/01 : final report (1993-1994). Tallahassee, FL: State of Florida, Dept. of Elder Affairs, 1994.
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Bane, Share. Instructor's manual: Information for care givers of the elderly. Kansas City, Mo: Center on Aging Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1986.
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Bane, Share. Instructor's manual: Information for caregivers of the elderly. 3rd ed. Kansas City, MO: Center on Aging Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1988.
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Incani, Albert G. Coordinated activity programs for the aged: A how-to-do-it manual. [Chicago, Ill.]: American Hospital Pub., 1985.
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Geographies of care: Space, place, and the voluntary sector. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 2001.
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Raghuram, Parvati, Joanna Bornat, and Leroi Henry. "The Co-Marking of Aged Bodies and Migrant Bodies: Migrant Workers' Contribution to Geriatric Medicine in the UK." In Body Work in Health and Social Care, 147–61. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444345865.ch11.
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Taylor, Gabriele Helen, Yvette Blount, and Marianne Gloet. "Aged Care, ICT, and Working Anywhere." In Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development, 203–22. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2328-4.ch008.
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This chapter examines how information and communication technology (ICT) and working anywhere was adopted in a not-for-profit aged care organization in Australia. The aged-care and services sector has grown over the last decade leading to shortages of skilled and experienced workers. At the same time, the sector is dealing with significant changes relating on how services are funded, an increase in competition from both not-for-profit and for profit providers, a rise in demand for services, changes in technology as well as variations in government regulations Using ICT to streamline operations, communicate and collaborate has become critical for delivering efficient and effective services in both residential aged care and community care sections of the aged care and services sector. The not-for-profit case study in this chapter shows how a first mover in ICT adoption and utilizing working anywhere (telework) can support cost savings, provide the ability to respond to the changing regulatory environment as well as attract, recruit and retain skilled and experienced workers.
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Taylor, Gabriele Helen, Yvette Blount, and Marianne Gloet. "Service Delivery in Aged Care Case Study." In Anywhere Working and the Future of Work, 113–33. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4159-3.ch005.
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This chapter examines how information and communication technology (ICT) and working anywhere was adopted in a not-for-profit aged care organization in Australia. The aged-care and services sector is expanding, leading to shortages of skilled and experienced workers. At the same time, the sector is dealing with significant changes relating to how services are funded, an increase in competition from both not-for-profit and for profit providers, a rise in demand for services, changes in technology, as well as variations in government regulations. Using ICT to streamline operations, communicate and collaborate has become critical for delivering efficient and effective services the aged care and services sector. The not-for-profit case study in this chapter shows how a first mover in ICT adoption and utilizing working anywhere (telework) can support cost savings, provide the ability to respond to the changing regulatory environment, as well as attract, recruit, and retain skilled and experienced workers.
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Linping, Xiong, Li Yiping, Ma Xiuqiang, Meng Hong, and Lin Guohong. "Chapter 11 Microsimulation Model of Medical Insurance Reform for Government Employees and Workers in China." In Modelling our Future - Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care, 237–59. Elsevier, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1571-0386(06)16011-1.
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Vandersman, Priyanka, Lua Perimal-Lewis, and Jennifer Tieman. "Is There an App for That? A Scoping Review of Apps for Care Workers in the Aged Care Sector." In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IOS Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/shti210035.
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Objective: To identify and review phone applications (apps) that could be used by care workers to help them plan and provide palliative care in the aged and community care setting. Methods: A scoping review. Searches were conducted in App Store and Google Play to identify apps relevant to care workers in the context of palliative and end of life care provision. Relevant apps were downloaded and evaluated. Apps allowing full access were additionally ranked against the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS). Information relating to the app as listed in the app stores were also extracted. Results: Of the 1,168 identified apps, only eight could be shortlisted for inclusion. The included apps were mostly English language and developed in high-income countries. The apps were primarily aimed at information provision, with limited content on palliative and end of life care. It was unclear if any of the apps were underpinned by evidence or theoretical frameworks, and none disclosed information on the app development process including involvement of end-users. The mean MARS score for full-access apps was 3.94, with the app iNotice for Carers scoring the highest score of 4.1. Conclusion: Currently available care worker apps appear to have limited functionality and scope in relation to palliative and end of life care. There is opportunity for a co-designed care-worker app development endeavour that is underpinned by robust evidence, and has high-level usability and relevance.
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Mwangi-Powell, Faith N., Julia Downing, Richard A. Powell, Fatia Kiyange, and Henry Ddungu. "Palliative care in Africa." In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing, 1118–29. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199332342.003.0077.
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The agenda for palliative care in Africa the coming years is significant, encompassing the need to overcome government indifference and effect high-level policy change, training for its primarily volunteer cadre as well as orthodox preservice and inservice health workers (to include recruitment, training, and retention issues), improving societal and medical understanding and use of opioids for effective pain management, building effective linkages between relevant stakeholders (e.g. academics, oncologists, pediatricians, those working with the aged, etc.), and developing and utilizing a methodologically rigorous research base to inform service development, policy development, and, ultimately, maximize the quality of patients‘ lives.
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Willis, Paul, and Trish Hafford-Letchfield. "Sexuality and rights in later life." In Critical Gerontology for Social Workers, edited by Sandra Torres and Sarah Donnelly, 81–96. Policy Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447360445.003.0006.
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The aim of this chapter is to identify through a critical lens the sexual and gendered discourses that restrict older adults’ sexual lives and limit recognition of sexual personhood in later life, and to discuss how these discourses filter into social work practice. This encompasses dominant discourses of ageism, heteronormativity, and erotic gerontophobia. In addition, this chapter provides an overview of theoretical approaches for understanding how these discourses impact on older men and women in differing ways (including queer perspectives, minority stress theory and lifecourse approaches), and explores ways of affirming and supporting the sexual rights of older adults through a rights-based lens, which includes rights to participate in sexual activities and practices; rights to self-define, claim and express individual identities, inclusive of LGB identities; and, rights recognised by public and social institutions, such as state recognition of sexual and intimate relationships. As such, this chapter draws attention to the implications of sexual personhood and sexual and gender identities within social work fields of practice, such as aged care and community care settings.
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Greenhalgh, Charlotte. "Into the Institution." In Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain, 77–102. University of California Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520298781.003.0004.
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In 1958–1959 Peter Townsend interviewed almost 500 residents of old age homes for his project The Last Refuge. Townsend investigated what had changed since the Labour Government introduced new legislation for residential care in 1948. Old age homes had become symbolic of continuous state support from cradle to grave. Yet the delivery of residential care was uneven, and it divided the aged by social class and health. Meanwhile researchers, workers, and elderly people often disagreed about the ethics of aged care. Townsend drove change within these institutions. During interviews, for example, researchers and residents enacted the ideal of respect for the inner lives of the old, even if midcentury research methods sometimes recreated the disempowering conditions of institutional life.
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Sosnowska, Joanna. "Opieka i wychowanie w placówkach Robotniczego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Dzieci w Łodzi w okresie międzywojennym." In Dziecko w historii - między godnością a zniewoleniem. Tom 1. Dziecko jako fundament praw człowieka, 207–28. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.15290/dhmgz.01.2021.14.
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Robotnicze Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Dzieci (RTPD, Workers’ Society of Children’s Friends) was an organization which provided care and education and operated at the initiative and under the patronage of the Polish Socialist Party. In Łódź, an RTPD division was established in 1923. Since the beginnings of that organization in Łódź, its activists started to open care and education centres for children and teenagers. The first of them included community centres for school and pre-school children aged 5-6 to 13-14. Following new trends in pedagogy, they were then transformed into kindergartens for children aged 4-6 operating based on Maria Montessori’s method. Other centres opened by the Łódź RTPD Division included youth clubs and centres initiating preventive and medical care, such as summer camps, summer play centres, or tuberculosis clinics. Those initiatives were meant for children from workers’ families from Łódź, most of all members of the Polish Socialist Party in Łódź. This paper presents the main aspects related with the type of care provided and the contents of educational programmes followed in community centres, kindergartens, and youth clubs run by the Łódź RTPD Division in 1923–1939.
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Price, Elizabeth J., and Anwar R. Tappuni. "Introduction." In Oxford Textbook of Sjögren's Syndrome, edited by Elizabeth J. Price and Anwar R. Tappuni, 3–4. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198806684.003.0001.
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Sjögren’s syndrome is a chronic, immune-mediated condition typically presenting with dryness of the eyes and mouth, accompanied by systemic effects including severe fatigue, joint pain, and stiffness. Patients presenting with SS are usually women aged 50–60 years old. However, we are increasingly finding it in younger women, and occasionally in men, as awareness of the condition increases, and diagnostic tests improve. This chapter introduces the reader to the common issues facing clinicians, and we hope that the following chapters comprehensively cover all aspects of Sjögren’s syndrome, providing an authoritative resource for scientists and health care workers interested in the subject.
Conference papers on the topic "Aged-care workers"
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Cong, Dapeng, Shaojun Feng, Yan Gao, Shengqun Wang, Zongming Guo, and Haiming Zong. "Analysis on Vocational Recognition of Aged Care Workers." In International Conference on Judicial, Administrative and Humanitarian Problems of State Structures and Economical Subjects (JAHP 2016). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/jahp-16.2016.19.
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Cong, Dapeng, Shengqun Wang, and Yan Gao. "Study on Differences between Chinese and Foreign Vocational Trainings of Aged Care Workers." In 2016 International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iccessh-16.2016.128.
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Hoványi, Gábor, Róbert Tésits, and B. Levente Alpek. "An in-depth survey of the factors causing dissatisfaction within the group of elderly workers in South Transdanubia." In The Challenges of Analyzing Social and Economic Processes in the 21st Century. Szeged: Szegedi Tudományegyetem Gazdaságtudományi Kar, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14232/casep21c.13.
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The currently still active age group (aged 50–64) faces a number of difficulties with the approaching retirement age, as their ability to work and adapt quickly to changing situations are constantly losing their effectiveness. With this, of course, we do not claim that an older worker will carry out his or her work less effectively than a younger worker, as the experience gained in a particular job can balance out the performance differences stemming from age. However, as we approach the retirement age, losing your job at an older age would pose serious challenges for those who would want to return to the group of economically active workers. It is unlikely that they will find a job that matches their qualifications, as their knowledge is less up-to-date and employers would prefer young people who could be relied on in the longer term, as opposed to those who need to be replaced within a few years. These potential difficulties are revealed by the widely distributed questionnaire, which seeks to identify the motivations and preparedness of different social strata for the changing challenges of a precarious age, based on the current economic situation and living conditions of the workers. Results: Through the questionnaire survey, we were able to gain insight into how aging workers are preparing for their approaching retirement years and what steps they can take to preserve their current labour market position, as well as what opportunities they might have for returning to the labour market after losing their jobs as a result of possible redundancies. Conclusion: Due to the aging national age structure, the situation of the aging workers is becoming an increasingly widespread problem, which, if we are not able to remedy in time, then will have to count on the degradation of the employability for the examined group in the near future. This will be mainly due to the constantly deteriorating health status of the individuals and the overwhelmed health care system that needs to provide for all age groups.
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Guerra, Federica, Jessica Ranieri, Claudio Ferri, and Dina Di Giacomo. "EMOTIONAL IMPACT IN FRONTLINE AND SECONDLINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS: COVID-19 AND II WAVE." In International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021inpact028.
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"Introduction. The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created unprecedent global challenges for health systems. National Healthcare Systems Hospitals adopted protective measures and medical equipment resources, exposing healthcare workers at risk for stress syndromes, subclinical mental health symptoms, and long-term occupational burnout. Health workers have had to deal with the most severe clinical cases in intensive care specialized operative division. Since the first months of the epidemic spread, some studies have established shown that nurses have shown symptoms of severe anxiety associated with peritraumatic dissociative experiences. Most of the studies examined the emotional impact of COVID 19 on health professionals but did not focus on different consider professionals roles and hospital departments workload. Objective. The aim of our study was to analyze the emotional characteristics of health workers during the II wave of coronavirus (November-December 2020), comparing the frontline (COVID 19) and second line (chronic diseases) hospital divisions and analyzing the differences between the health roles. Methods. We conduct a pilot study among health-workers. A sample of 28 healthcare workers (aged 23-62 years) were recruited from frontline and secondline hospital departments (L’Aquila, IT). The administered psychological battery was composed of n. 4 self-reports evaluating emotional variables (depression, anxiety, and stress) (DASS-21), personality traits (BFI-10), burnout risk (MBI), and perceived stress (PSS). Results. The results highlighted significant differences: older health workers were found to be more vulnerable than those who younger health workers; another interesting point was that healthcare workers serving in frontline wards showed symptoms of depersonalization. No significant difference for the type of role held. Conclusions. A prevention program should be activated to preserve frontline and older workers mental health. Earlier support could mitigate the effect of the pandemic experience, reducing the risk for emotional health workers' fragility."
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Passos, Valeria Maria de Azeredo, Luísa Campos Caldeira Brant, Paulo Roberto Lopes Corrêa, Pedro Cisalpino Pinheiro, Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza, and Deborah Carvalho Malta. "SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN COVID-19 MORTALITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN BELO HORIZONTE: VACCINATION PRIORITY." In XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Geriatria e Gerontologia. Zeppelini Publishers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/z2447-21232021res02.
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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that older adults (aged 60+ years) living in areas of greater social vulnerability were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Belo Horizonte between February and October 2020. METHODS: We conducted an ecological study with analysis of mortality rates by census tracts, classified as areas of low vulnerability (1330 tracts), medium vulnerability (1460 tracts), and high/very high vulnerability (1040 tracts) according to the health vulnerability index (consisting of indicators of sanitation, garbage collection, water supply, literacy level, and race). The number of deaths from COVID-19 was obtained from the Mortality Information System from 10th to 43rd epidemiological week. The rates were age-standardized for populations of the three areas of vulnerability, based on population estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. RESULTS: In Belo Horizonte, the mortality rate was 62.9 deaths per 100,000 population, ranging from 36.1 in areas of low social vulnerability to 76.6 and 101.9 in areas of medium and high/very high vulnerability, respectively. The mortality rate was 292.3 per 100,000 older persons, increasing from 179.2 in areas of low vulnerability to 353.6 and 472.6 in areas of medium and high/very high vulnerability, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In this moment of organizing vaccination sessions for the population, social inequalities in mortality, even in the age group at highest risk, reinforce the principle of starting vaccination by prioritizing the most socially vulnerable areas. It is necessary to prioritize the most exposed older persons, as they usually live with on-site workers, have greater difficulty in complying with social distancing orders and with the hygiene preventive measures due to poor housing and transportation conditions, and experience limited access to health care services.
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Setiyani, Solikhah Eli, and Fitria Siswi Utami. "Supplementary Food Therapy for the Recovery of Malnourished Children 0-59 Months: A Systematic Review." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.09.
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ABSTRACT Background: Acute malnutrition is the highest cause of death among children under five. This is because children are a group that is vulnerable to health problems, one of which is infection. In this phase there is a very rapid growth and development in children. This problem occurs in part in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to review the effect of supplementary food therapy for recovery among malnourished children aged 0-59 months. Subjects and Methods: This was a scoping review using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. The framework used to identify relevant studies is Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO), with a search strategy using 5 databases, namely PubMed, Science Direct, Proquest, Wiley, and Google Scholar which match the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Supplementary food therapy for recovery of malnourished children 0-59 months could be done with inpatient and outpatient care using Modified Dried Skilled Milk and Coconut Oil (Modisco), Ready to use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), Soy Maize Sorghum RUTF (SMS RUTF), F 75, and F 100. The most widely used recovery supplementary food therapies are Modisco, RUTF, SMS RUTF, F75 and F100. RUTF in Indonesia has not been widely used for the therapy of malnourished children, while for F75 and F100 it has been used as a treatment but not maximally because it tastes bad so it is not liked by children. Conclusion: Several studies have examined the effectiveness of these supplementary foods, apart from being used in the hospital, they can also be given on an outpatient basis with the supervision of related health workers. Keywords: children, malnutrition, therapy, supplementary food Correspondence: Solikhah Eli Setiyani. Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Email: elisetiyani01@gmail.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.09
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Akinwoya, Stephanie. "Safe Space." In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.7259.
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Mental health is a state of an individual’s emotional and psychological wellbeing (Mental health basics,2018). People with mental illness. // Unresolved mental health problems can to a great extent affect the social, emotional, physical and educational development of teens and young adults, which in turn can have an enormous long-term negative effect on their adult life. (Fraser et al 2007). Studies [ show that young people that have positive mental health are much less likely to exhibit risk-taking behaviors such as addiction and even suicide (Reynold et al., 2013). According to the W.H.O. (2019),1 in 5 of the world's children and adolescents have a mental disorder with About 50% of mental health issues beginning before the age of 14. // Studies in Nigeria reveal that there is an existing high level of ignorance about mental illness with people tending to exhibit negative attitudes towards people who identify as having mental health illness. Also, the Rates of mental health workers vary from below 2 per 100,000 populations in low-income countries like Nigeria to 70 per 100,000 in high-income countries. // Presently openly discussing mental health issues is seen as a taboo in a Nigerian setting and people are scared of being stigmatized or labelled as being mad as madness is abhorred as a sign of a cursed bloodline. Research shows that 1/5th of suicide cases in Nigeria are of people aged 13-19, between January- June 2019,30% of suicide committed in Nigeria were students between the ages of 15-29 (Daily Trust,2019). These are worrying figures showing that young people are not able to access the help they need. // This project safe space project is an open-access web-based innovative inclusive system that makes mental health care accessible to teens and young adults in Nigeria who would have been excluded from accessing necessary education /information because they would be unable to afford to see mental health personnel or are so afraid of being stigmatized. In the website is contained age-appropriate carefully curated OER in the form of informative and easy to understand write-up on the different mental disorders, explainer videos, inspirational stories and a provision of a safe online hub connecting people sharing the same diagnosis. Here users can anonymously share their feelings with an understanding and supportive group. This presentation will be centered on the import of this particular project and giving a walkthrough of the project to demonstrate its design features and functionality.
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Pui-Yuk King, Alex, and Kin Wai Michael Siu. "Ethnographic Study of Living Alone Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Hong Kong: A Pilot Study." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002048.
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1. IntroductionA report by the United Nations has revealed the number of older adults in the world is projected to reach 1.4 billion by 2030, and this number is expected to increase to 2.1 billion by 2050. This development will place enormous pressure on current healthcare and social protection systems. If life expectancy continues to rise while fertility constantly declines over many years. the ageing of the population will continue to throughout the world. The gigantic numbers of elderly people will place significant pressure on current systems of social protection and global health care. By 2024, it is expected to have nearly 400,000 people over the age of 80 in Hong Kong —a 24.8% increase over the figure recorded in 2014. 2. Problem StatementLike in other Asian cities, the population of Hong Kong exhibits a continuous ageing trend.The change in the population structure will need an improved housing policy and health care system and infrastructure in order to tackle these resulting social problems. The more older adults are living in the city, the greater the numbers of people who are living with dementia. 3. Older Adults Living with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentDementia is characterised by the loss of mental abilities,and by further degeneration over time.This condition is not inevitable, as the hallmark symptoms of cognitive deterioration are not considered to be a normal part of ageing. It is a typical biomedical disease that might appear when the brain is affected by some specific diseases, such as a series of small strokes damage the brain and cause confusion, speech problems and progressive loss of memory and cognition. This gradual decline in cognitive functions causes people to need extra support for daily living. A person who is having slightly problems with planning, reasoning and also remembering may be classified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI). 4. Universal DesignUD (universal design) is classified as the practice of making things in ways that involve almost no extra cost, but offer attractive yet functional styles that are fulfilling all people, regardless of each individual’s ability or disability. UD addresses the complete span of functionality through making each element and space accessible to its deepest extent by careful planning at all different stages of a project. 5. Participant Observation An interpretive approach is adopted as a research paradigm for understanding the meanings that human beings attach to their experiences. For this study, a centre manager of the well-established Yan Oi Tong Elderly Community Centre recruited three older adults to participate for nine months. These people were living with MCI in a rural district. Prior to this study, these three elders engaged in a participative design workshop that was organised by the same researcher. The workshop had two sessions, and explored the participants’ latent needs concerning home decoration and product design for public housing.Observational visits were conducted with each participant every two weeks for a nine-month period. The participants are referred to as CH, CP and SK, and they were aged between 79 and 85 years old.6. DiscussionTheme 1: Fear of being alone.The participants described their experiences of facing loneliness. Although they felt that their memories were getting worse, they could still express how loneliness was one of the most difficult challenges that they had to face day-by-day. SK said that ‘I want to do my preferred activities,and don’t want to stay at home all the time!’ Theme 2: Recognition of incompetence.The older persons suffering from MCI believed that they were, to varying degrees, incompetent in dealing with day-to-day activities. As CP explained, ‘I have become useless and cannot remember things recently…’ Theme 3: Lack of neighbourhood spirit. For older people living alone in public housing, neighbours become the most reliable people after their families. Older participants reported that they commonly displaced their house keys due to their gradual memory loss. They had to make duplicate front door keys, and gave them to neighbours who they trusted.To deal with such problems, a product design or system could be pre-installed in housing facilities that would enable better communication or connection between neighbours, and allow older residents to become closer to others.7. ConclusionThis ethnographic study has investigated the latent, unfulfilled needs of older persons living with MCI. Building rapport with these older participants was an important step at the beginning of the study.This finding of “Fear of being alone”, “Lack of neighbourhood spirit”also revealed that regular visits by community centre staff and local social workers should be organised to provide older community members and stakeholders with more attention regarding their day-to-day activities and their relations to society as a whole in order to eliminate “Recognition of incompetence”.
Reports on the topic "Aged-care workers"
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A participatory evaluation of the life-skills training programme in Myanmar. Population Council, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy2000.1005.
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In 1993 UNICEF/Myanmar launched an innovative project aimed at preventing the further spread of HIV/AIDS through the promotion of reproductive health. One of the activities undertaken was life-skills training for women and youth, conducted in collaboration with the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) and the Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (MMCWA). The objective of the training activities was to encourage and promote informed decision-making and care-seeking behavior among youth and women. The training aims to provide detailed and accurate information concerning sexuality, birth spacing, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS, and to provide skills for youth and women to enable them to cope with their daily lives and become proponents of community mobilization. This report presents findings of a participatory evaluation of the life-skills training activities implemented in late 1997 and early 1998. At the time of the evaluation, life-skills training had been conducted in 27 project townships. MRCS activities targeted youth aged 15–25 years, and MMCWA worked primarily with married women aged 20–40 years.
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Mexico: Strengthen education on adolescent reproductive health. Population Council, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh2003.1007.
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Unprotected sex among Mexico’s young people often leads to unplanned pregnancy and unwanted births as well as risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV. From 1999 to 2002, FRONTIERS worked with the nongovernmental organization MEXFAM to test the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost of community-, clinic-, and school-based interventions to improve the reproductive health (RH) of youth aged 10–19. Eight cities were selected as intervention sites, and four as control sites. In the intervention sites, researchers worked with coordinators and “multipliers”—local community members such as teachers, community leaders, health-care providers, and peer educators—who taught courses on adolescent RH. In the community intervention, multipliers conducted outreach through events such as plays, sports events, parades, and concerts. In the clinic-based component, providers offered youth-friendly services at their health facilities. Four of the intervention cities also received a school-based intervention. As concluded in this brief, young people in Mexico have a general knowledge of RH, but their weak understanding of reproductive physiology and STIs makes them vulnerable to the consequences of risky behavior. Program managers should strengthen education on adolescent RH for both young people and service providers.