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| Tasks performed by migrant live-in care workers during hospitalization of their older care recipients | | Author(s) | Esther Iecovich, Barbara Rabin, Michal Penchak |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 32, no 3, July-September 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July-September 2013 |
| Pages | pp 178-196 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Immigrants ; Paid welfare workers ; Family care ; Admission [hospitals] ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The goals of the study were to examine: (a) the tasks that migrant live-in care workers are expected to perform and actually perform during the hospitalisation of their care recipients, and (b) the factors that explain the level of involvement by care workers in caring for hospitalised care recipients. A sample of 535 dyads of family caregivers and care workers of hospitalised care recipients in two general hospitals in Israel was interviewed. Results showed a high level of congruence between the care workers' and family caregivers' perceptions of the roles that the paid carers should perform. Paid carers' involvement in care provision varied by hospital and type of ward and was best explained by the hospital characteristics and congruence in the care workers' perceived roles. The extensive needs of hospitalised functionally disabled older adults necessitate explicit policies and guidelines regarding private care provided in hospital wards. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130920217 A |
| Classmark | NH: TJ: QP: P6:SJ: LD:QKH: 7H6 |
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