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Working in group living homes for older people with dementia
— the effects on job satisfaction and burnout and the role of job characteristics | | Author(s) | Selma te Boekhorst, Bernadette Willemse, Marja F I A Depla |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 20, no 5, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 927-940 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Job satisfaction ; Care home staff ; Group homes ; Nursing homes ; Comparison ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Group living homes are a fast-growing form of nursing home care for older people with dementia. This study seeks to determine the differences in job characteristics of nursing home staff in group living homes and their influences on well-being. The authors examined the Job Demand Control Support (JDCS) model in relation to 183 professional caregivers in group living homes and 197 professional caregivers in traditional nursing homes in the Netherlands. Multilevel linear regression analysis was used to study the mediator effect of the three job characteristics of the JDCS model (demands, control and social support) on job satisfaction and three components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and decreased personal accomplishment). Demands were lower in group living homes, while control and social support for co-workers were high in this setting. Likewise, job satisfaction was higher and burnout was lower in group living homes. Analysis of the mediator effect showed that job satisfaction was fully mediated by all three psychosocial job characteristics, as was emotional exhaustion. Depersonalisation was also fully mediated, but by only control and social support. Decreased personal accomplishment was partially mediated, again only by job characteristics, control and support. This study indicates that working in a group home instead of a traditional nursing home has a beneficial effect on the well-being of nursing staff, largely because of a positive difference in psychosocial characteristics. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081127203 A |
| Classmark | QNH: WL5: QRM: KLN: LHB: 48: 76H |
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