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Understanding personal support workers and their role in Ontario.
There are an estimated 90,000 personal support workers (PSWs) in Ontario providing assistance with daily activities for individuals in hospitals, long-term care facilities, adult day programs and home care yet little is known about them. (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [MOHLTC], …
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Exploring Perceptions of Aging and Ageism Among Personal Support Workers
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) contribute approximately 80% of the direct care provided to older adults in a variety of care settings. There is a dearth of research on PSW perspectives despite their essential role as part of multi-professional care teams. The objective of this study was to examine …
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Exploring the Perceptions of Cultural Competence Among Personal Support Workers in an Ontario Long-Term Care Home: A Case Study
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) spend a large amount of time with long-term care (LTC) home residents providing assistance with their activities of daily living. The s limited research on their perceptions of cultural competence presents the need to bridge this knowledge gap. The researcher …
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Personal Support Workers/Health Care Assistants' Perceptions of Work Effectiveness: A Relationship Marketing and Intercultural Communication Competence Lens into Senior Care in Victoria, CMA, BC.
… perceptions of work effectiveness among Personal Support Workers (PSWs) and healthcare assistants (HCAs) in Victoria, CMA, British Columbia, Canada. The research centers the experiences of PSWs/HCAs within prevailing organizational and systemic challenges in senior care. The integration …
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Restorative Care Unit: A Focused Ethnography of Leadership in a 20- Bed Hospital
… [RNs], registered practical nurses [RPNs] and personal support workers [PSWs]) shared experiences, and the contextual factors that impacted the culture of the RCU. Critical Social Theory and intersectionality (Hankivsky & Christoffersen, 2008) provided the theoretical basis for the study …
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Exploring Health Care Aides' Perspectives on Work Life in Long-Term Care
… five themes: (a) complex resident care, (b) personal safety, (c) communication with leadership, (d) staffing concerns, and (e) training needs. The conclusions are that an ideal work life is characterized by enhanced supports for providing complex resident care, personal safety at work, …