scholarly journals Communication and Language: Why Age Matters

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 574-575
Author(s):  
Alison Chasteen ◽  
Sali Tagliamonte
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Personal Support Workers ◽  
Language And Communication ◽  
Effects Of Aging

Abstract In line with this year’s 75th anniversary theme, we will show why aging matters for communication and language. Specifically, in this symposium we will show how aging affects communication and language across a variety of social contexts, social roles, and cognitive abilities. Pabst & Tagliamonte discuss the effects of aging on language use by examining an individual’s daily diary entries over 30 years, including the onset and progression of dementia. Saunders considers language and communication in the context of social interaction among persons with dementia living in a long-term care setting. Savundranayagam et al. test the efficacy of a communication intervention for personal support workers who work with persons with dementia. Chasteen & Tagliamonte consider how ageism is communicated to middle-aged and older adults in everyday life. Taken together, these presentations will provide a multidimensional lens to understanding language and communication in later life.

Support Care Coordinators: A Unique Approach to Managing Personal Support Workers in Long-term Care

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. B29
Author(s):  
Charlene Chu ◽  
Charlene Chu ◽  
Kathy McGilton ◽  
Veronique Boscart ◽  
Barbara Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Personal Support Workers ◽  
Care Coordinators ◽  
Unique Approach

Personal support workers and the labour market

2020 ◽  
pp. 183-204
Author(s):  
Audrey Laporte ◽  
Adrian Rohit Dass ◽  
Whitney Berta ◽  
Raisa Deber ◽  
Katherine Zagrodney
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Home And Community Care ◽  
Personal Support Workers ◽  
Sectoral Differences

This chapter analyses the labour market for Personal Support Workers (PSWs). It focuses on Canada as an illustrative case. The literature suggests that, while it is helpful to consider the PSW labour market as a whole from a neo-Weberian perspective, it is better thought of as a series of sub-markets – comprising the hospital, long-term care, and home and community care sectors. These may differ in terms of such factors as wages, benefits, hours worked and working conditions, as well as in the socio-demographic characteristics of PSWs working in each care sector. To the extent that sectoral differences in PSW characteristics affect labour supply behaviours and outcomes – as, for example, in creating differences in the proportion of PSWs nearing retirement age – the heterogeneous nature of the PSW labour market is an important consideration in resource planning. The chapter also explores how PSWs compare to other health professions such as nursing, and makes select references to the international PSW literature in charting a forward course.

Knowledge Confidence and Desire for Further Diabetes-Management Education among Nurses and Personal Support Workers in Long-Term Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corita Vincent ◽  
Peter Hall ◽  
Sally Ebsary ◽  
Scott Hannay ◽  
Lynn Hayes-Cardinal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Personal Support Workers
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