TY - JOUR
T1 - Tasks Performed by Migrant Live-In Care Workers During Hospitalization of Their Older Care Recipients
AU - Iecovich, Esther
AU - Rabin, Barbara
AU - Penchak, Michal
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research. Address correspondence to Esther Iecovich, PhD, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - The goals of the study were to examine: (a) the tasks that migrant live-in care workers are expected to perform and actually perform during the hospitalization of their care recipients, and (b) the factors that explain the level of involvement by care workers in caring for hospitalized care recipients. A sample of 535 dyads of family caregivers and care workers of hospitalized care recipients in two general hospitals in Israel was interviewed. Results showed a high level of congruence between the care workers' and family caregivers' perceptions of the roles that the paid carers should perform. Paid carers' involvement in care provision varied by hospital and type of ward and was best explained by the hospital characteristics and congruence in the care workers' perceived roles. The extensive needs of hospitalized functionally disabled older adults necessitate explicit policies and guidelines regarding private care provided in hospital wards.
AB - The goals of the study were to examine: (a) the tasks that migrant live-in care workers are expected to perform and actually perform during the hospitalization of their care recipients, and (b) the factors that explain the level of involvement by care workers in caring for hospitalized care recipients. A sample of 535 dyads of family caregivers and care workers of hospitalized care recipients in two general hospitals in Israel was interviewed. Results showed a high level of congruence between the care workers' and family caregivers' perceptions of the roles that the paid carers should perform. Paid carers' involvement in care provision varied by hospital and type of ward and was best explained by the hospital characteristics and congruence in the care workers' perceived roles. The extensive needs of hospitalized functionally disabled older adults necessitate explicit policies and guidelines regarding private care provided in hospital wards.
KW - care provision
KW - congruence
KW - hospital
KW - migrant home care workers
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U2 - 10.1080/01621424.2013.813886
DO - 10.1080/01621424.2013.813886
M3 - Article
C2 - 23937645
AN - SCOPUS:84881618060
SN - 0162-1424
VL - 32
SP - 178
EP - 196
JO - Home Health Care Services Quarterly
JF - Home Health Care Services Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -