scholarly journals First-Line Managers’ Leadership Behavior Profiles and Use of Gardens in Residential Care Facilities: An Interview Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Eva Dahlkvist ◽  
Marita Wallhagen ◽  
Eva L. Bergsten ◽  
Johan Larsson ◽  
Ingela Enmarker
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
First Line ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Behavior Profiles

scholarly journals “Well it is for their sake we are here”: meaningful work tasks from care workers’ view

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa Vidman ◽  
Annika Strömberg
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study ◽  
Work Tasks ◽  
Care Facilities

Purpose Employees in elderly care have a high rate of sick leave. One explanation is that employees that experience a low level of meaning of work are at a higher risk for long-term sick leave. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative interview study aims to examine what employees in residential care facilities experience as the meaningful aspects of their work tasks. Interviews with 14 persons employed in residential care facilities were conducted. Findings The findings show that meaningful work tasks are about organizing the work to make use of the creativity and knowledge of the staff in order to support relations with older people. Originality/value The knowledge about what constitutes a healthy work environment is not as comprehensive as it is about what constitutes health risks. Furthermore, these issues have been considered by only a few qualitative studies about social care in the field of sick leave. Therefore, this qualitative interview study examines what employees in residential care facilities experience as meaningful aspects of their work tasks.

Providing care for older adults with extreme obesity in aged residential care facilities: An environmental scan

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
Caz Hales ◽  
◽  
Isaac Amankwaa ◽  
Lesley Gray ◽  
Helen Rook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Extreme Obesity ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Environmental Scan ◽  
Staffing Ratios ◽  
Care Facilities

Little is known about the level of service demand and preparedness of Aotearoa New Zealand’s aged residential care facilities to care for older adults with extreme obesity. The aim of this study was to assess the current state of bariatric (extreme obesity) services within aged residential care. An environmental scan was conducted to identify bariatric resident needs and gaps in service provision to inform the development of policy and service provision. Observational and interview data from three facilities in Aotearoa New Zealand was collected along with a retrospective review of national resident admissions over a three-year period. Poor environmental design that included infrastructure deficiencies and financial barriers impacted on the ability to deliver safe and equitable care for this population. Specifically, equipment procurement and safe staffing ratios were of concern to the sector. There is an increasing need for bariatric level support within aged care, necessitating more equipment and staff, adaptation of physical care environments, and enhanced funding. Significant investment is required to address care concerns of older adults with extreme obesity at government and organisational levels.

scholarly journals Diabetes in Residential Care Facilities: United States, 2010

Diabetes Care ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. e37-e37 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Resnick ◽  
G. L. Foster
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Care Facilities

Elder Sexual Abuse and Sexual Freedom in Faith-based Residential Care Facilities: Ethical Dilemmas, and Institutional Integrity

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
Virginia Miller ◽  
Seumas Miller ◽  
Bruce Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Sexual Freedom ◽  
Residential Care Facilities ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Marital Sex

Abstract The issues of elder sexual abuse and sexual freedom in residential care facilities are complicated by the existence of many residents with cognitive impairments of a kind that compromise their ability to make decisions based on informed consent. The issues of elder sexual abuse and sexual freedom in faith-based residential care facilities, in particular, are further complicated by restrictive, theologically based, ethical principles pertaining to sexual activity – for instance, prohibitions on extra-marital sex and the use of prostitutes by residents. The tension that arises must necessarily deal with the integrity of faith-based aged-care facilities and current legislation that promotes the rights of age-care residents to sexual freedoms. In the midst of much public concern about the level and quality of institutional age care this particular aspect seldom attracts notice. It nevertheless exposes a quandary to do with how ought public theology and ethics respond.

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