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| Training direct care workers for person-centred care | | Author(s) | Linda S Noelker, Farida K Ejaz |
| Journal title | Public Policy & Aging Report, vol 15, no 4, Fall 2005 |
| Publisher | National Academy on an Aging Society, Fall 2005 |
| Pages | pp 17-19 |
| Source | http://www.agingsociety.org |
| Keywords | Nursing Auxiliary ; Care support workers ; Nursing homes ; Training [welfare work] ; Management [care] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this article is threefold: to review challenges faced by paraprofessionals in the long-term care industry in the US; to set out principles of person-centred care as an approach to improve their working conditions and the quality of care they provide; and to focus on their recommendations for better education and training as a fruitful path to worker empowerment and advancement. The article is based on results obtained over 10 years of research by the authors on nursing assistants in nursing homes. It also draws on preliminary findings from a survey of 251 nurse assistants that is part of a larger study of 651 direct care workers in 49 nursing homes, assisted living facilities and homecare agencies in northeast Ohio. The latter study is part of a the national initiative to build stronger direct care workforce, with the title "Better jobs - better care" and launched by the Institute for Future of Aging Services, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060313222 A |
| Classmark | QTE:4UA: QRS: LHB: QW: QA: 7T |
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