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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"care worker"”.
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The Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment in Nonprofit Long Term Care Organizations: The Direct Care Worker Perspective
… aging, impacting the demand and supply of direct care workers who provide long term care services. Retaining direct care workers will be a workforce concern for industry and policy leaders for decades to come. Issues such as turnover, recognition, and supervisory practices have all been studied …
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The development of a tool to support the work of the Rehabilitation care worker in documenting information about rehabilitation and health needs among persons with disability in home and community setting
… of a tool that can support the rehabilitation care worker towards intervention planning and the monitoring of their clients. The National Health Insurance and the Framework and Strategy for Disability and Rehabilitation of the South African Department of Health are strategies to work towards …
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A descriptive study of the role of the children's home in the treatment and management of the abused child
… they are subsequently admitted to residential care settings because of child assault, traumatic experiences and severe neglect. This descriptive study explores the management and treatment of abused children in residential care. The researcher based the investigation on the assumptions that …
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The ethics of the AIDS-afflicted physician: The death of voluntary compliance
… surrounding the AIDS afflicted health care worker, especially the HIV positive Physician/Surgeon. The discussion encompasses evaluation of rights of the individual, natural and otherwise, with focus on the rights of confidentiality, privacy, and disability rights and related laws that …
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The Effect of Education on Elder Abuse
… education on prevention of abuse in a long term care center. Participants in this study included direct care worker staff at a nursing home and nursing home residents.
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Evaluating compassion satisfaction and the risk of compassion fatigue among those working at non-human primate sanctuaries and wildlife centers
… an occupational risk commonly associated with caregiving professions, can have adverse effects for individual employee wellbeing, organizational productivity, and the quality of care that patients receive. Within animal-care worker samples, previous research suggests that around 25 percent of …
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Analysing costs of a facility-based lay health worker intervention focused on improving health outcomes for HIV positive women and children
South Africa is facing a health care worker shortage which is contributing to poor health outcomes, especially in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In order for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes to achieve success, coverage needs to be dramatically increased. This …
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Power as knowing participation in change: A model for Nursing intervention
… the patient as passive recipient of the health care worker's greater knowledge and decision-making and the lack of success in prediction and production of compliant behavior were criticized. Using the conceptual model of Dr. Martha E. Rogers, the patient was conceptualized as the decision-maker …
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Rehabilitation care workers perceptions of the outcomes of a pilot training programme
… others, training an appropriate balance of healthcare professional s including a cadre of community health workers (CHWs) that have a broad skills mix suited to reaching a larger number of people with first level intervention. With this in mind, a pilot group of CHWs were up-skilled as …
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An evaluation of a Tai Chi programme with street children in South Africa
… outcome evaluations by stakeholders (child care worker, Department of Health Officials, Tai Chi teacher) supported the qualitative findings, as well as indicating increased self-confidence and a positive synergy within the group.
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A Study Of The Relationship Between Resilience And Job Satisfaction In Direct Care Workers Who Work With Traumatic Brain Injured Clients
<p>The direct care worker occupation is a very fast and growing workforce. In fact, by the year 2016, it is estimated that it might be the largest workforce in the country. With the rapid growth come difficulties. One of those difficulties is a high turn over rate. Research shows that people that …
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Factors Related to Continued Exercise Participation Among Healthy Employed Adults
… was obtained. A convenience sample of 753 health care worker participants in a wellness program and a random subset of 53 of these participants were used. Exercise prescription used was the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Health screenings (pre-tests) included: carbon monoxide (CO) …
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Factors influencing dignity in sub-Saharan African health systems: a qualitative systematic review
… actors. For example, national contexts of health care worker shortages and strikes resulted in inadequate staffing levels at facilities, which attributed to decreased supervision, deviations from standards of care, strained professional dignity, and influenced organizational culture normalizing …
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Understanding Adult Foster Care Through Provider Experiences
In this study, I explored Adult Foster Care (AFC) provider experiences. AFC is a small-setting option for community-based long-term care. This option varies considerably in accessibility and structure across states; due to the nature of the state's approach to AFC, this initial research effort …
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An exploration of the medication related experiences of community dwelling adults with learning disabilities.
… semi-structured interviews with relevant carers and care workers; available documents; and unstructured indirect observations of relevant artefacts by the researcher. Ethical approval was gained. One pilot and ten case studies were identified by local care providers. Using the PLEM …
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An ethnographic study of eight dual-career families: their responsibility for and performance and negotiation of household and childcare tasks
… study documented how household and child care task-sharing in eight dual-career families is allocated and negotiated. There were two specific aspects of shared tasks: responsibility for tasks as well as performance of tasks. Flexibility of spouses· employment as it affects task sharing was …
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Trial of Labour or Elective Repeat Caesarean Section in Women who have had one previous caesarean section: An assessment of women's attitudes, knowledge and preferences
… repeat CD? Evidence suggests that fear, health care worker influence, social stigma, cultural practise and religious beliefs can significantly influence the attitude toward CS. South African data remains limited and we are yet to ascertain how women make their choice and what drives their …
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Farm workers in Stellenbosch: A survey of factors affecting health
… study describing the condition of farm workers in the Stellenbosch area of South Africa. The study was done to establish a profile of farm workers' health; and to investigate the extent to which the health of farm workers may be impaired by identified factors, both environmental and …
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