scholarly journals Relationships Between Turnover Rates of Regular Care Staff and Education or Training at Conventional and Unit-type Welfare Facilities for the Elderly

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yasuo TANAKA
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Unit Type ◽  
Regular Care

scholarly journals Occupational Risk Factors for Upper-limb and Neck Musculoskeletal Disorder among Health-care Staff in Nursing Homes for the Elderly in France

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole PELISSIER ◽  
Luc FONTANA ◽  
Emmanuel FORT ◽  
Jean Pierre AGARD ◽  
Francoise COUPRIE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorder ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Occupational Risk Factors ◽  
Homes For The Elderly

Emergency Preparedness in Elderly Care in Sweden: A Study of Staff Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Carin Björngren Cuadra
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Preparedness Plan ◽  
And Training

AbstractObjectiveThe aim was to investigate the interface between elderly care and emergency preparedness from the elderly care staff’s perspective.MethodsA web-based questionnaire was sent to elderly care staff in 4 Swedish municipalities. The questions involved experiences of extraordinary events, education and exercises, and risk and vulnerability analyses, evaluations of main risks and emergency preparedness, and familiarity with preparedness plans. In total, 568 elderly care staff responded.ResultsBetween 15% and 25% of the respondents claimed experiences of extraordinary events, exercises and education, and risk and vulnerability analyses. The same number claimed familiarity with the organization’s preparedness plan, whereas ~85% answered that they need more education and exercises. Emergency preparedness was evaluated as important. The experiences and risks referred to pertained to both official categories used within emergency preparedness and issues such as work conditions, seniors’ fall accidents.ConclusionElderly care staff, though highly motivated, do not seem to be involved in emergency preparedness and are not targeted to a large extent when education and training are organized. A development of the interface between emergency preparedness and elderly care could require a clarification of the scope and context of emergency preparedness and of differing understandings of central concepts. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:86–93)

QOL in primary care of elderly mentally ill and their caregivers’ well-being

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 859-859
Author(s):  
N. Tataru ◽  
A. Dicker
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Care Of Elderly

It is difficult to talk about quality of life of elderly with mental disorders. Thus, there appeared serious ethical challenges for psychiatry: to cut mental health costs and to provide care to as many as possible through all duration of their diseases, from the onset to the end-of-life. The psychiatrists have to face these challenges and treat the elderly with or without mental disorders from primary care to residential one, assuring them the best quality of life as it is possible. The goal of medical policy is to optimize the patients’ and their caregivers’ well-being. Multiple loses in old age are important in decreasing of quality of life and increasing of mental health problems in the elderly. They have more social and medical problems, which include depression and suicide. Caring for a family member with dementia can be both challenging and stressful. Primary care-staff need to develop the skills to detect and manage signs of caregivers stress. Health care professionals can promote well-being of the caregivers not only the patients’ well-being, educate them how to access help and manage their stress effectively. Recognition of the importance of the role of caregivers and finding the effective ways of supporting them, respecting their personal perception of the quality of this offer, improve the quality of primary care of elderly patients with mental disorders and also improve the quality of life of their relative or caregivers.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Richard Schweid
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Current System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Turnover Rates

This introductory chapter provides an overview of home health care in the United States. Most Americans over sixty-five want to grow old at home, but the reality is that to do so, the majority of them will eventually need someone to help with what are called activities of daily living, those things basic to maintaining life, like eating, bathing, and using the toilet, and with the instrumental activities of daily living, such as cooking and cleaning. The millions of women employed as aides to help the elderly with these tasks in the United States are treated as menial laborers, paid minimum wage, often with no benefits, although the job they are doing is critically important to both our personal well-being and that of society as a whole. Given the low pay and stressful work, it is not surprising that home health aides have one of the highest turnover rates of any job. This book then analyzes what is wrong in the current system of providing home care to the elderly and how those deficiencies might be remedied.

Recognizing Psychological Distress in the Consultation

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 352-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Howe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Psychological Disturbance ◽  
Health Assessments ◽  
Primary Care Staff

The new MRCGP curriculum devotes a whole section to the care of people with mental health problems—and rightly so, for up to 30% of us will have some kind of significant episode of psychological disturbance in our lifetimes. Far more of us suffer transient but problematic psychological distress, especially when we or others for whom we care are unwell. So the GP registrar doing a routine clinic in UK general practice will find that as many as one in four of their patients are experiencing psychological symptoms, with higher rates in the elderly. Previous articles have covered the specific tasks of performing mental health assessments and diagnosing depression: this article aims to review the broader context of psychological distress in the consultation. It pays additional attention to factors associated with psychological distress to which GPs and other primary care staff should be alert and to ways of addressing these in a sophisticated and humane manner. Finally, I address the queston of self-management—that is minimizing the ‘human sponge’ effect often incurred by empathic GPs at the start of training.

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