Home care in Australia: an integrative review

Palesy, D; Jakimowicz, S; Saunders, C; Lewis, J

Home care in Australia: an integrative review

Palesy, D

Jakimowicz, S

Saunders, C

Lewis, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 2018, 37 (2), pp. 113 - 139
Issue Date:: 2018-04-03

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dc.contributor.author	Palesy, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4790-5398	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jakimowicz, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-4252	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Saunders, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9800-3132	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lewis, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8668-712X	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:24:01Z
dc.date.issued	2018-04-03	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 2018, 37 (2), pp. 113 - 139	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0162-1424	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122170
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Taylor & Francis. 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.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Home Health Care Services Quarterly	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/01621424.2018.1438952	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Gerontology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Disabled Persons	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Employment	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Home Care Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.title	Home care in Australia: an integrative review	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	37	en_US
utslib.for	1110 Nursing	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	37	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018 Taylor & Francis. 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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