1. Home care in Australia: an integrative review.
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Palesy, Debra, Jakimowicz, Samantha, Saunders, Carla, and Lewis, Joanne
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HOME care services ,CINAHL database ,DATABASES ,EDUCATION ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,LABOR supply ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL personnel ,MEDLINE ,META-analysis ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The home care sector comprises one of Australia’s fastest growing workforces, yet few papers capture the overall landscape of Australian home care. This integrative review investigates home care with the aim of better understanding care recipients and their needs, funding, and regulation; care worker skills, tasks, demographics, employment conditions, and training needs. Over 2,700 pieces of literature were analyzed to inform this review. Results suggest sector fragmentation and a home care workforce who, although well-placed to improve outcomes for care recipients, are in need of better training and employment support. Suggestions for future research regarding Australian home care include studies that combine both aged and disability aspects of care, more research around care recipients, priority needs and strategies for addressing them, and how best to prepare home care workers for their roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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