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!Well it is for their sake we are here"
— meaningful work tasks from care workers' view | | Author(s) | Asa Vidman, Annika Stromberg |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 22, no 2, 2018 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2018 |
| Pages | pp 111-120 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop |
| Keywords | Care home staff ; Care support workers ; Care homes ; Conditions of employment ; Job satisfaction ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Employees in elderly care have a high rate of sick leave. One explanation is that employees that experience a low level of meaning of work are at a higher risk for long-term sick leave. This Swedish qualitative interview study aims to examine what employees in residential care facilities experience as the meaningful aspects of their work tasks. Interviews were conducted with 14 people employed in residential care facilities. The findings show that, in order to support relations with older people, meaningful work tasks are about organising the work to make use of the creativity and knowledge of the staff. The knowledge about what constitutes a healthy work environment is not as comprehensive as it is about what constitutes health risks. Furthermore, these issues have been considered by only a few qualitative studies about sick leave in social care. Therefore, this qualitative interview study examines what employees in residential care facilities experience as meaningful aspects of their work tasks. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180511205 A |
| Classmark | QRM: QRS: KW: WKA: WL5: 3DP: 76P |
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