dc.contributor.author |
Jorgensen, Diane |
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dc.contributor.author |
Parsons, Matthew |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gundersen-Reid, Michelle |
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dc.contributor.author |
Weidenbohm, Kate |
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dc.contributor.author |
Parsons, John |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jacobs, Stephen |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-09-06T00:05:12Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Health & Social Care in the Community. 17(4):396-405 2009 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0966-0410 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/7662 |
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dc.description.abstract |
To understand one of the predominant groups supporting people with disabilities and illness, this study examined the profile of New Zealand paid caregivers, including their training needs. Paid caregivers, also known as health-care assistants, caregivers and home-health aides, work across several long term care settings, such as residential homes, continuing-care hospitals and also private homes. Their roles include assisting with personal cares and household management. New Zealand, similar to other countries, is facing a health workforce shortage. A three-phased design was used: Phase I, a survey of all home-based and residential care providers (N=942, response rate = 45%); Phase II, a targeted survey of training needs (n=107, response = 100%); Phase III, four focus groups and 14 interviews with 36 providers, exploring themes arising from Phases I and II. Findings on 17,910 paid caregivers revealed a workforce predominantly female (94%), aged between 40 and 50, with 6% over the age of 60. Mean hourly pay NZ$10.90 (Minimum wage NZ$10.00 approx. UK£3.00 at time of study) and 24 hours per week. The national paid caregiver turnover was 29% residential care and 39% community. Most providers recognised the importance of training, but felt their paid caregivers were not adequately trained. Training was poorly attended; reasons cited were funding, family, secondary employment, staff turnover, low pay, few incentives. The paid caregiver profile described reflects trends also observed in other countries. There is a clear policy direction in New Zealand and other countries to support disabled people at home, and yet the work force which is facilitating this vision is itself highly vulnerable. Paid caregivers have minimum pay, are female, work part-time and although it is recognised that training is important for them, they do not attend, so consequently remain untrained. |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Health & Social Care in the Community. |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0966-0410/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Support workers, care workers, training, disability support |
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dc.title |
The providers' profile of the disability support workforce in New Zealand |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00839.x |
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pubs.issue |
4 |
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pubs.begin-page |
396 |
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pubs.volume |
17 |
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dc.description.version |
AM - Accepted Manuscript |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: 2009 The Authors, Journal compilation; 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
19220491 |
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pubs.end-page |
405 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
102476 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Nursing |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
19220491 |
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