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Residential care for older people
— job satisfaction and psychological health in care staff | | Author(s) | Esme Moniz-Cook, Dawn Millington, Miriam Silver |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 5, no 2, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 124-133 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Care home staff ; Job satisfaction ; Stress. |
| Annotation | Recent research has linked resident aggression to psychological disturbance in staff in local authority residential homes. Despite this, little is known about the experiences of staff, many of whom face significant changes in the residents they care for. This paper examines psychological well-being, perceptions of the work environment and job satisfaction in 48 members of staff in two residential homes. Results indicate that they experience equivalent stress to professional nurses in an NHS setting. Given reports of high illness figures for care staff in public sector homes for older people, the authors argue that carefully targeted staff development programmes have the potential for reducing burnout and days lost through illness. Such programmes can also improve "therapeutic reciprocity" which in turn might enhance psychological well-being in care staff, and the quality of life for residents. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970529014 A |
| Classmark | KW: QRM: WL5: QNH |
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