ArticleCanadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2015
Who is looking after Mom and Dad? Unregulated workers in Canadian long-term care homes.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness and economic evidence of organizational and management interventions to promote mental wellbeing and resilience in elderly care workers and informal caregivers - a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Characteristics of Quality Improvement Champions in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review With Implications for Evidence-Based Practice.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2017Pooled it
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- Safer Care for Older Persons in (residential) Environments (SCOPE): a pragmatic controlled trial of a care aide-led quality improvement intervention.Implementation science : IS · 2023Trial
- Comparing effects of two higher intensity feedback interventions with simple feedback on improving staff communication in nursing homes-the INFORM cluster-randomized controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of reminders to sustain practice change among direct care providers in residential care facilities: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2020Trial
- It is Not Only About Staying Alive: A Living Systematic Review of Social Care Strategies for Older Adults in Residential Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of social work (London, England) · 2026Article
- Factors impacting long-term care and retirement home populations' participation in immunity research: a qualitative study using the framework method.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Preparing the Long-Term Care Sector for Future Health Crises: A Set of Practical Pandemic Management Staffing Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- "You're not just there to do a job": a qualitative examination of Canadian long-term care worker strengths.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Advancing a relational approach through online education: A mixed methods assessment in older adults' care.Australasian journal on ageing · 2025Article
- Validation of the Maslach burnout inventory-general survey 9-item short version (MBI-GS9) among care aides in Canadian nursing homes.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Using simulation to uncover care aides physiological and emotional responses to their work: A research protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Vulnerability: An Interpretive Descriptive Study of Personal Support Workers' Experiences of Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Association Between the Presence of Medical Care and Resident Outcomes in Canadian Nursing Homes: a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2024Article
- Quality of Work Life and Mental Well-Being for Long-Term Care Staff in Nova Scotia.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2024Article
- International medical graduates as untapped resource for community health and wellness.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- The Association of Nursing Homes' Organizational Context With Care Aide Empowerment: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Burnout Among Nursing Home Care Aides and the Effects on Resident Outcomes.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2024Article
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Abstract
Older adults living in residential long-term care or nursing homes have increasingly complex needs, including more dementia than in the past, yet we know little about the unregulated workforce providing care. We surveyed 1,381 care aides in a representative sample of 30 urban nursing homes in the three Canadian Prairie provinces and report demographic, health and well-being, and work-related characteristics. Over 50 per cent of respondents were not born in Canada and did not speak English as their first language. They reported moderately high levels of burnout and a strong sense of their work's worth. Few respondents reported attending educational sessions. This direct caregiver workforce is poorly understood, has limited training or standards for minimum education, and training varies widely across provinces. Workplace characteristics affecting care aides reflect factors that precipitate burnout in allied health professions, with implications for quality of care, staff health, and staff retention.
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