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| Services provided by informal and formal caregivers to seniors in residential continuing care | | Author(s) | Norah Keating, Janet Fast, Donna Dosman |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 20, no 1, Spring 2001 |
| Pages | pp 23-46 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Sheltered housing ; Long term ; Family care ; Care home staff ; Canada. |
| Annotation | New approaches to residential continuing care for frail older people in Canada include a shift toward more social care models that involve hiring multi-skilled workers, and expectations of family involvement as partners in care. Recall and stylised time-use methods were used to assess the types of tasks and amounts of service provided by family members and staff caregivers in three models of residential care: adult family living, assisted living, and dementia care. Family members provide about 30% of on-site services to residents. Family members spend most time in enhancing well-being, while staff spend most time in housework. Patterns of care differ across adult family living, assisted living, and dementia care settings. Sustainability of these patterns of care depends on the adequacy of staffing and reasonable expectations about family resources. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010626203 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: KLA: 4Q: P6:SJ: QRM: 7S |
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