Home care in Australia: an integrative review |
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| Authors: | Debra Palesy Samantha Jakimowicz B.Nursing Carla Saunders Joanne Lewis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, New South Wales, Australia;2. Centre for Health Services Management, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, New South Wales, Australia |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Aged care care worker disability home care paid care training |
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