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| Occupational health issues among employees of home care agencies | | Author(s) | Margaret A Denton, Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, Sharon Webb |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 18, no 2, Summer 1999 |
| Pages | pp 154-183 |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Personnel ; Health [elderly] ; Stress ; Canada. |
| Annotation | There is little knowledge on the occupational health and safety of employees of home care agencies. In this Canadian study, results of a survey of 892 office and visiting employees of three not-for-profit home care agencies and focus group discussions showed that employees experienced high levels of stress, tiredness and exhaustion. This work-related stress was most acutely felt by those in managerial positions, nurses, and therapists. When compared to findings from the Canadian National Population Health Survey, employees of home care agencies were found to be significantly more likely than all working women to suffer from allergies, asthma, arthritis or rheumatism, back problems, high blood pressure, migraine, headaches, and work-related injuries in the past year. Implications for policy and research are discussed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991022250 A |
| Classmark | N: QM: CC: QNH: 7S |
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